From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... frankness is
demanded.
BB p.82,
Into Action
2.
... frankness with
those who have been seriously ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
As soon as we begin to feel confident in our new way of life and have begun, by our behavior and example, to
convince those about us
that we are indeed changing for the better, it
is usually safe to talk in complete frankness with those who have been
seriously affected,
even those who may be only a
little or not at all aware
of what we have done to them.
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