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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
FALL occurs
13 times
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1.
... fall.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
More
baffling still, he could
give himself no
satisfactory explanation for his
fall.
2.
... fall by
the wayside.
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
But again we are
driven on by the
inescapable conclusion which we
draw
from
A.A. experience, that
we
surely must try with a will, or else
fall by
the
wayside.
3.
... fall far
short of such achievements as ...
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
Of
course all
A.A.'s, even the
best,
fall far
short of such
achievements as a
consistent thing.
4.
... fall for
the "two-step" illusion.
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
The
best-
intentioned of
us can
fall for the "
two-
step"
illusion.
5.
... fall from
us.
BB p.75,
Into Action
6.
... fall into
another similar temptation.
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
We also
fall into another
similar temptation.
7.
... fall into
the error of our old ...
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
We
need not be
discouraged when we
fall
into the
error of our
old ways, for these
disciplines are not
easy.
8.
... fall much
below this standard many times.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
Of
course, we all
fall much
below this
standard many
times.
9.
... fall of
1935, the first A.A. group ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
When the
broker returned
to New
York in the
fall of
1935, the
first A.A. group had
actually been
formed,
though no one
realized it at the
time.
10.
... fall of
1939 Fulton Oursler, then editor ...
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
11.
... fall short
of the chosen ideal and ...
BB p.70,
How It Works
12.
... fall under
heavy attack of criticism from ...
12&12 p.165,
Tradition Seven
The
board would be
isolated, and would
fall
under
heavy attack of
criticism from both
A.A. and
the
public.
13.
... fall under
such a category at all.
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
But most of our other
difficulties don't
fall under such a
category
at all.
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