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


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... discussed.   BB p.78, Into Action   Go to page 78 in the Big Book
His faults are not discussed.


2.
... discussed.   BB p.125, The Family Afterward   Go to page 125 in the Big Book
So we think that unless some good and useful purpose is to be served, past occurrences should not be discussed.


3.
... discussed at length might be worth while.   BB p.140, To Employers   Go to page 140 in the Big Book
If this presents difficulty, re-reading chapters two and three, where the alcoholic sickness is discussed at length might be worth while.


4.
... discussed in an atmosphere of helpfulness and ...   BB p.99, Working With Others   Go to page 99 in the Big Book
These can then be discussed in an atmosphere of helpfulness and friendliness.

5.
... discussed, let's try to avoid harming third ...   12&12 p.86, Step Nine
And even in those cases where such a matter must be discussed, let's try to avoid harming third parties, whoever they may be.

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... discussed them with another, and have become ...   12&12 p.74, Step Seven
But when we have taken a square look at some of these defects, have discussed them with another, and have become willing to have them removed, our thinking about humility commences to have a wider meaning.


7.
... discussed with another person at once?   BB p.86, Into Action   Go to page 86 in the Big Book
Have we kept something to ourselves which should be discussed with another person at once?


8.
... discussed without his consent?   BB p.143, To Employers   Go to page 143 in the Big Book
While on the subject of confidence, can you adopt the attitude that so far as you are concerned this will be a strictly personal matter, that his alcoholic derelictions, the treatment about to be undertaken, will never be discussed without his consent?


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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