From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... frequently.
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
2.
... frequently becomes
disgustingly, and even dangerously anti-social.
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
Yet let him drink for a day, and he frequently becomes disgustingly, and even dangerously anti-social.
3.
... frequently been
abashed to find that this ...
12&12 p.54,
Step Four
Because our surface record hasn't looked too bad, we have frequently been abashed to find that this is
so simply because we have
buried these selfsame defects deep down in us under thick layers of self-justification.
4.
... frequently did
we all say, "I wish ...
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
When people presented
us with spiritual approaches, how frequently
did we all say, "I wish I had
what that man has.
5.
... frequently does,
it will always respond the ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
Though self-will may slam it shut again, as it frequently does, it will always respond the moment we again pick up the key of willingness.
6.
... frequently it
is almost the only one!
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
The alcoholic's past thus becomes the principal asset of the family and frequently it is almost the only one!
7.
... frequently meet
us more than halfway on ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
Even our severest and most
justified critics will frequently meet us more than halfway on the first trial.
8.
... frequently so
that newcomers may find the ...
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
9.
... frequently takes
great resolution to approach him ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
10.
... frequently their
friends.
BB p.147,
To Employers
11.
... frequently, they
have reminded ambitious individuals of ...
12&12 p.183,
Tradition Eleven
Since that time, editors
and rewrite men have repeatedly deleted names and pictures of members from A.A. copy; frequently, they have reminded ambitious individuals of A.A.'s anonymity policy.
12.
... frequently turned
people from us.
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
13.
... frequently we
see a frightened human being ...
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
How frequently we see a frightened human being determined to depend completely upon a stronger person for guidance and protection.
14.
... frequently wrong,
and then we approach true ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
Finally, we begin to see that all people, including ourselves,
are to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach
true tolerance and see what real love for our fellows actually means.
15.
Frequently, you
have felt obliged to tell ...
BB p.115,
To Wives
Frequently, you have felt obliged to tell your husband's employer and his
friends that he was sick,
when as a matter of fact he
was tight.
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