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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DIFFICULT occurs
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1.
... difficult.
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
But it isn't so difficult.
2.
... difficult and
deeper revelations.
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
It may
turn out, however, that you'll
choose someone else for the more
difficult and
deeper revelations.
3.
... difficult, and
in much detail is outside ...
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
The
classification of
alcoholics seems most
difficult, and in much
detail is
outside the
scope of this book.
4.
... difficult and
no unhappiness too great to ...
BB p.104,
To Wives
We
want to
leave you with the
feeling that no
situation is too
difficult
and no
unhappiness too
great to be
overcome.
5.
... difficult and
often unbearable -- could be extended ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
Such a
roster of
harms done
others -- the
kind that make
daily living with us as
practicing alcoholics
difficult and often
unbearable -- could be
extended almost
indefinitely.
6.
... difficult and
troublesome and may even need ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
7.
Difficult as
it was, they officially declined ...
12&12 p.165,
Tradition Seven
8.
... difficult, but
not at all impossible.
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Seen in this
light,
Step Six is still
difficult, but not at
all
impossible.
9.
... difficult circumstances.
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
And they have
increasingly found a
peace of
mind which can
stand firm in the
face of
difficult circumstances.
10.
... difficult --
especially discussing our defects with another ...
BB p.72,
Into Action
This is perhaps
difficult --
especially discussing
our
defects with another
person.
11.
... difficult, has
to do with forgiveness.
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
The
first, and one of the most
difficult, has to do with
forgiveness.
12.
... difficult position.
BB p.147,
To Employers
These
juniors are often in a
difficult position.
13.
... difficult; the
rest I disregarded.
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
For myself, I had
adopted those
parts which
seemed convenient and not too
difficult; the
rest I
disregarded.
14.
... difficult thing
to do, but it must ...
BB p.99,
Working With Others
In many
homes this is a
difficult thing to do, but it
must
be done if any
results are to be
expected.
15.
... difficult to
believe.
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
That was
great news to us,
for we had
assumed we could not make use of
spiritual principles
unless we
accepted many
things on
faith which
seemed difficult to
believe.
16.
... difficult to
deal with.
BB p.110,
To Wives
Oddly enough, he is often
difficult to
deal with.
17.
... difficult to
follow, but you will save ...
BB p.111,
To Wives
We
know these
suggestions are sometimes
difficult to
follow, but you will
save many a
heartbreak
if you can
succeed in
observing them.
18.
... difficult to
solve.
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
These
allergic types can
never safely use
alcohol in any
form at all;
and once having
formed the
habit and
found they cannot
break it, once having
lost their
self-
confidence, their
reliance upon things
human, their
problems pile up on them and
become astonishingly difficult
to
solve.
19.
... difficult wives
and families, but the man ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
We
know there are
difficult wives and
families, but the
man who is
getting over
alcoholism must remember he did much to make them so.
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