From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... disturbed.
BB p.118,
To Wives
2.
... disturbed and
skeptical.
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four
3.
... disturbed by
all the seeming evidence to ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
The moment we catch even a glimpse of God's will, the moment we begin to see truth, justice, and love as the real and eternal things in life, we are no longer deeply disturbed by all the seeming evidence to the contrary that surrounds
us in purely human affairs.
4.
... disturbed him
about the question of alcoholism.
BB p.94,
Working With Others
5.
... disturbed, it
is because I find some ...
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some
fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.
6.
... disturbed my
wife.
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
7.
... disturbed, no
matter what the cause, there ...
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
It is a spiritual axiom
that every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there
is something wrong with
us.
8.
... disturbed others,
we can now commence to ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
Having carefully surveyed this whole area of human relations, and having decided exactly what personality traits in us
injured and disturbed others, we can now commence to ransack memory for the people to whom
we have given offense.
9.
... disturbed, our
first need was to quiet ...
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
We learned that if we were seriously disturbed, our first need was to quiet that disturbance,
regardless of who or what we thought caused it.
10.
... disturbed us,
they, like ourselves, were sick ...
BB p.67,
How It Works
Though we did not like their
symptoms and the way these
disturbed us, they, like ourselves, were sick too.
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