From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DISCLOSURES occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... disclosures do
them or others more harm ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
There will be those to whom we can make only
partial restitution,
lest complete disclosures do them or others more
harm than
good.
2.
... disclosures helped
him to lose his fear ...
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
These
quiet disclosures helped him to
lose his
fear of the
alcoholic stigma, and
spread the
news of
A.A.'s
existence in his
community.
3.
... disclosures were
painful and humiliating.
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
First of all, we had to
admit that we had many of these
defects, even though such
disclosures were
painful and
humiliating.
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and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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