From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... fails, if
you go about it with ...
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
It never fails, if you go about it with one half the zeal you have been in
the habit of showing when
you were getting another
drink.
2.
... fails somewhat
in practicing them.
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
They can hardly fail to approve these simple principles, though the head of the house still fails somewhat in practicing
them.
3.
... fails to
show unselfishness and love under ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
He is not likely to get far in any direction if he fails to show unselfishness and
love under his own roof.
4.
... fails to
whip up a hurricane, and ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
Even the suggestion of
such a thing never fails to whip up a hurricane, and we have discovered that hurricanes have a way of mauling with equal severity both the just and the unjust.
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