From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... feels.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
We know how he feels.
2.
... feels a
moral responsibility for the well-being ...
BB p.137,
To Employers
Nearly every modern employer feels a moral responsibility for the well-being of his help, and he tries to meet these responsibilities.
3.
... feels a
spiritual and ethical compulsion, because ...
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
He feels a spiritual and
ethical compulsion,
because hundreds may be
suffering within reach of his help.
4.
... feels free
to discuss his problems with ...
BB p.144,
To Employers
If he feels free to discuss his problems with
you, if he knows you understand and will not be
upset by anything he wishes to say, he will probably be off to a fast start.
5.
... feels he
has struck something better than ...
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
6.
... feels he
is an atheist or agnostic ...
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.
... feels he
is doing very well.
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
8.
... feels sure
A.A. is the only safe ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
Any willing newcomer feels sure A.A. is the only safe harbor for the foundering vessel he has
become.
9.
... feels that
for years she has made ...
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
10.
... feels that
something more than human power ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
11.
... feels, the
better.
BB p.94,
Working With Others
12.
... feels there
is something rather sinful about ...
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
His wife is one of those persons who really feels there is something rather sinful about these commodities, so she nagged, and her intolerance finally threw him into a fit of anger.
13.
... feels very
remorseful at times, especially if ...
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.
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