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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DISTINGUISHED occurs
4 times
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1.
... distinguished American
psychologist, William James, in his ...
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
2.
... distinguished among
our fellows in order to ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
Still more
wonderful is the
feeling that we do not have to be
specially distinguished
among our
fellows in
order
to be
useful and
profoundly happy.
3.
... distinguished men
had the nerve to say ...
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
These
distinguished men had the
nerve to say that most of the
alcoholics under
investigation were still
childish,
emotionally
sensitive, and
grandiose.
4.
... distinguished person
whose support can be obtained.
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
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