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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... especially alcoholics.
BB p.119,
To Wives
Still another
difficulty is that you may
become jealous of the
attention he
bestows on
other people,
especially alcoholics.
2.
... especially asking
that it be divorced from ...
BB p.86,
Into Action
3.
... especially discussing
our defects with another person.
BB p.72,
Into Action
This is perhaps
difficult --
especially discussing our
defects with another
person.
4.
... especially for
freedom from self-will, and are ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
We
ask especially for
freedom from
self-will, and
are
careful to make no
request for ourselves only.
5.
... especially for
us.
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
But we do have to
soberly face the
fact that being in the
public eye is
hazardous,
especially for
us.
6.
... especially if
he is an alcoholic of ...
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
To one who
feels he is an
atheist or
agnostic such
an
experience seems impossible, but to
continue as he is
means disaster,
especially if he is
an
alcoholic of the
hopeless variety.
7.
... especially if
he is married to a ...
BB p.81,
Into Action
A
man so
involved often
feels very
remorseful at
times,
especially if he is
married to a
loyal and
courageous girl who has
literally gone through
hell for him.
8.
... especially in
his lack of control.
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
Here is the
fellow who has been
puzzling you,
especially in
his
lack of
control.
9.
... especially necessary
to us alcoholics.
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
This new
outlook was, we
learned, something
especially
necessary to us
alcoholics.
10.
... especially should
be able to see that ...
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
Alcoholics especially
should be able to see that
instinct run wild in themselves is the
underlying cause of their
destructive drinking.
11.
... especially stupid
and stubborn about them.
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
We have been
especially stupid and
stubborn about
them.
12.
... especially those
where people or new events ...
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
The
quick inventory is
aimed at our
daily ups and
downs,
especially those where people or new
events throw us off
balance and
tempt us to make
mistakes.
13.
... especially to
your husband.
BB p.117,
To Wives
These
family dissensions are very
dangerous,
especially to
your
husband.
14.
... especially true
if he has, in fact, ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
This is
especially true if he
has, in
fact,
behaved badly at all.
15.
... especially virtuous
as I thought of all ...
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
16.
Especially when
he has before him a ...
BB p.108,
To Wives
Especially when he has before him a way to
stop his
drinking and
abuse if he really
wants to
pay the
price.
17.
... especially when
our demands for attention become ...
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
We had
refused to
learn
the very
hard lesson that
overdependence upon people is
unsuccessful because all people are
fallible, and even the
best
of them will sometimes let us down,
especially when
our
demands for
attention become unreasonable.
18.
... especially when
we mention God, for we ...
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
19.
... especially when
we remembered in what poor ...
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
But the
prospect of
actually visiting or even
writing the people
concerned now
overwhelmed us,
especially
when we
remembered in what
poor favor we
stood with most of them.
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