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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DISGRACE occurs
3 times
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1.
... disgrace and
hard times which will befall ...
BB p.116,
To Wives
You may be
afraid your
husband will lose his
position; you are
thinking of the
disgrace and
hard times which
will befall you and the
children.
2.
... disgrace his
family and take away his ...
BB p.80,
Into Action
If he
opened that
old affair, he was
afraid it
would
destroy the
reputation of his
partner,
disgrace his
family and
take away his
means of
livelihood.
3.
... disgrace myself
so I then checked out.
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I did not
want to
disgrace myself so I then
checked out.
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