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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
FREQUENTLY occurs
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1.
... 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.
2.
... 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.
3.
... 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.
4.
... 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.
5.
... 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!
6.
... 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.
7.
... frequently so
that newcomers may find the ...
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
We
meet frequently so that
newcomers may find the
fellowship they
seek.
8.
... frequently takes
great resolution to approach him ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
Even when you've
found the
person, it
frequently takes great resolution to
approach
him or her.
9.
... frequently their
friends.
BB p.147,
To Employers
Men under them are
frequently
their
friends.
10.
... frequently, they
have reminded ambitious individuals of ...
12&12 p.183,
Tradition Eleven
11.
... frequently turned
people from us.
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
It
frequently turned people
from us.
12.
... frequently we
see a frightened human being ...
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
13.
... 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.
14.
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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