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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
EXTREME occurs
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1.
... extreme and
become almost miserly.
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
In our
drinking time, we
acted as if the
money supply was
inexhaustible, though between
binges we'd sometimes go to the other
extreme and
become almost
miserly.
2.
... extreme and
settled for the bottle and ...
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
We are all
perfectionists who,
failing perfection, have
gone to the other
extreme and
settled for the
bottle
and the
blackout.
3.
... extreme case.
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
You may
think this an
extreme
case.
4.
... extreme difficulties,
he would return to us ...
12&12 p.23,
Step One
After a few such
experiences, often
years before the
onset of
extreme difficulties, he
would
return to us
convinced.
5.
... extreme, doesn't
care for this prospect -- unless ...
12&12 p.24,
Step One
No, the
average alcoholic,
self-
centered in the
extreme,
doesn't
care for this
prospect --
unless he has
to do these things in
order to
stay alive himself.
6.
... extreme drunkenness,
kept me out of those ...
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
There had been no
real infidelity, for
loyalty
to my
wife,
helped at
times by
extreme drunkenness,
kept me out
of those
scrapes.
7.
... extreme, ever
hoping that one day our ...
BB p.105,
To Wives
Some of us
veered from
extreme to
extreme, ever
hoping that one
day our
loved ones would be themselves
once more.
8.
... extreme example
of self-will run riot, though ...
BB p.62,
How It Works
They
arise out of ourselves, and the
alcoholic is an
extreme example of
self-will
run riot, though he usually
doesn't
think so.
9.
... extreme, he
can become a miser, or ...
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
Going to the
extreme, he can
become a
miser, or even a
recluse who
denies
himself both
family and
friends.
10.
... extreme judgments,
both of ourselves and of ...
12&12 p.82,
Step Eight
We should
avoid extreme judgments, both of ourselves and of others
involved.
11.
... extreme medical
importance; because of the extraordinary ...
BB xxv(xxiii),
The Doctor's Opinion
12.
... extreme to
do so.
BB p.90,
Working With Others
Then let his
family or a
friend ask him if he
wants to
quit for
good and if he would go to any
extreme to do so.
13.
... extreme to
do so, you may suggest ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
After
satisfying yourself that your
man wants to
recover and that he
will go to any
extreme to do so, you may
suggest a
definite course of
action.
14.
... extreme to
extreme, ever hoping that one ...
BB p.105,
To Wives
Some of us
veered from
extreme to
extreme, ever
hoping that one
day our
loved ones would be themselves
once more.
15.
... extreme, we
had wallowed in emotionalism and ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
Or,
going to the other
extreme, we had
wallowed in
emotionalism and had
mistaken it for
true religious feeling.
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