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


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1.
... enjoy a certain reputation, but knows in ...   BB p.73, Into Action   Go to page 73 in the Big Book
He wants to enjoy a certain reputation, but knows in his heart he doesn't deserve it.


2.
... enjoy drinking with him yourself when he ...   BB p.110, To Wives   Go to page 110 in the Big Book
Perhaps you enjoy drinking with him yourself when he doesn't go too far.

3.
... enjoy foolish dreams of pomp and power.   12&12 p.44, Step Four
We have drunk for vainglory -- that we might the more enjoy foolish dreams of pomp and power.


4.
... enjoy his drinking is the great obsession ...   BB p.30, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 30 in the Big Book
The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker.


5.
... enjoy, in a few months, a finer ...   BB p.134, The Family Afterward   Go to page 134 in the Big Book
Some of us had this experience, only to enjoy, in a few months, a finer intimacy than ever.


6.
... enjoy life as we once did and ...   BB p.151, A Vision For You   Go to page 151 in the Big Book
There was an insistent yearning to enjoy life as we once did and a heartbreaking obsession that some new miracle of control would enable us to do it.

7.
... enjoy moments in which there is something ...   12&12 p.74, Step Seven
We enjoy moments in which there is something like real peace of mind.


8.
... enjoy sound minds and bodies.   BB p.133, The Family Afterward   Go to page 133 in the Big Book
Most of them give freely of themselves, that their fellows may enjoy sound minds and bodies.

9.
... enjoy such a sense of relief that ...   12&12 p.85, Step Nine
After taking this preliminary trial at making amends, we may enjoy such a sense of relief that we conclude our task is finished.

10.
... enjoy them too much.   12&12 p.73, Step Seven
And we cling with a passionate persistence to others which are just as disturbing to our equilibrium, because we still enjoy them too much.


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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