From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... ease.
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
Before long, your listener may well tell a story or two about himself which will place you even more at ease.
2.
... ease?
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
Could any then imagine a society which would include
every conceivable kind of character, and cut across every barrier of race, creed, politics, and language
with ease?
3.
... ease.
BB p.75,
Into Action
4.
... ease and
comfort which comes at once ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
They are restless, irritable and discontented, unless
they can again experience the sense of
ease and comfort which comes at once by taking a few drinks -- drinks which they
see others taking with impunity.
5.
... ease most
of the time, my health ...
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I was self conscious and
ill at ease most of the time, my health was at the breaking point, and I was thoroughly miserable.
6.
... ease on
all occasions and appeared very ...
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
They spoke with great freedom from embarrassment, which I could never do, and they seemed very much at ease on all occasions and appeared very healthy.
7.
... ease with
which we discard old ideas ...
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
Is not our age characterized by the ease with which we discard old ideas for new, by the complete readiness with which we throw away the theory or gadget which does
not work for something new which does?
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