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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
EXPECTED occurs
7 times
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1.
... expected.
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
But this
admission price
had
purchased more than we
expected.
2.
... expected.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
In many
homes this is a
difficult thing to do, but it
must be done if any
results
are to be
expected.
3.
... expected a
plea for clemency, but these ...
BB p.136,
To Employers
I still
expected a
plea for
clemency, but these
words came through the
receiver: "I
just
wanted to tell you
Paul
jumped from a
hotel window in
Hartford last Saturday.
4.
... expected that
an alcoholic employee will receive ...
BB p.149,
To Employers
5.
... expected that
he'd soon get drunk -- for ...
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
He
browbeat everybody, and
everybody expected that he'd
soon get
drunk -- for at the
time, you see,
A.A. was on the
pious side.
6.
... expected to
carry this load day in ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
Volunteer committeemen and
assistants could be of
great help, but they could not
be
expected to
carry this
load day in and
day out.
7.
... expected to
live long.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
In the
doctor's
judgment
he was
utterly hopeless; he could
never regain his
position in
society and he would have to place himself under
lock and
key or
hire a
bodyguard if he
expected to
live long.
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