From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... former believer,
we can stand together on ...
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
2.
... former days,
the moment an A.A. hired ...
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
In former days, the moment an A.A. hired out to such enterprises, he was
immediately tempted
to use the name Alcoholics Anonymous
for publicity or money-raising purposes.
3.
... former did
not work.
BB p.99,
Working With Others
If their old relationship is to be resumed it must be on a better basis, since the former did not work.
4.
... former enemies
sometimes praise what we are ...
BB p.78,
Into Action
5.
... former excessive
indulgence.
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I soon discovered that a
couple of drinks would alleviate my gastric distress, at least for a few hours at a time, so it was not at all difficult for me to return
to my former excessive indulgence.
6.
... former ill
feeling and expressing our regret.
BB p.77,
Into Action
We go to him in a helpful and
forgiving spirit, confessing our former ill feeling and expressing our regret.
7.
... former mistakes,
no matter how grievous, out ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
We think each family which has been relieved owes something to those who have
not, and when the occasion requires, each member of it should be only too willing to bring former mistakes, no matter how grievous, out of their hiding places.
8.
... former patients,
go there to help.
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
9.
... former thinking
was soft and mushy when ...
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
Hence we are at pains to tell why we think our present faith is reasonable, why we think it more sane and logical to believe than not
to believe, why we say our former thinking was soft and mushy when we threw up our hands in doubt and said, "We don't know."
10.
... former years.
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
This had little effect
however for I kept on drinking and used a great deal more hard liquor than in former years.
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