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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
FOLKS occurs
9 times
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1.
... folks.
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
It's a
lot of
malarkey for
weak folks.
2.
... folks declared
that the principle of anonymity ...
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
3.
... folks, drinking
means conviviality, companionship and colorful ...
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
4.
... folks in
A.A. have very happy homes.
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
Most
married folks in
A.A. have very
happy homes.
5.
... folks on
our brainpower alone.
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
Secretly, we
felt we could
float above the
rest of the
folks on our
brainpower
alone.
6.
... folks see
any bugs in it?"
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
Do you
headquarters folks see any
bugs in it?"
7.
... folks (so
we thought), the spoils of ...
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
Since we were
brighter than most
folks (so we
thought), the
spoils of
victory would be
ours for the
thinking.
8.
... folks; the
deeper the neurosis, the better ...
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
We'd
form groups of
depressive and
paranoid
folks; the
deeper the
neurosis, the
better we'd
like it.
9.
... folks were
right after all."
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
I
guess the
old folks were
right after all."
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