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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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... discuss his alcoholic problems and explain our ...   BB p.45, We Agnostics   Go to page 45 in the Big Book
Many times we talk to a new man and watch his hope rise as we discuss his alcoholic problems and explain our fellowship.


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... discuss his problems with you, if he ...   BB p.144, To Employers   Go to page 144 in the Big Book
If he feels free to discuss his problems with you, if he knows you understand and will not be upset by anything he wishes to say, he will probably be off to a fast start.


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... discuss his situation without reserve.   BB p.18, There Is A Solution   Go to page 18 in the Big Book
Highly competent psychiatrists who have dealt with us have found it sometimes impossible to persuade an alcoholic to discuss his situation without reserve.


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... discuss it.   BB p.92, Working With Others   Go to page 92 in the Big Book
Don't, at this stage, refer to this book, unless he has seen it and wishes to discuss it.


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... discuss them with someone immediately and make ...   BB p.84, Into Action   Go to page 84 in the Big Book
We discuss them with someone immediately and make amends quickly if we have harmed anyone.


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Discuss this with him when he is ...   BB p.115, To Wives   Go to page 115 in the Big Book
Discuss this with him when he is sober and in good spirits.

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... discuss those intimate and harrowing aspects of ...   12&12 p.185, Tradition Twelve
Enthusiastic over the spectacular recovery of a brother alcoholic, we'd sometimes discuss those intimate and harrowing aspects of his case meant for his sponsor's ear alone.


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... discuss your husband at length, you can ...   BB p.115, To Wives   Go to page 115 in the Big Book
While you need not discuss your husband at length, you can quietly let your friends know the nature of his illness.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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