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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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friendliness
FRIENDLY   occurs   11 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... friendly.   BB p.95, Working With Others   Go to page 95 in the Big Book
But point out that we alcoholics have much in common and that you would like, in any case, to be friendly.


2.
... friendly agreement about them.   BB p.131, The Family Afterward   Go to page 131 in the Big Book
This means trouble, unless the family watches for these tendencies in each other and comes to a friendly agreement about them.


3.
Friendly hands had stretched out in welcome.   BB p.53, We Agnostics   Go to page 53 in the Big Book
Friendly hands had stretched out in welcome.


4.
... friendly little jokes about an alcoholic's drinking ...   BB p.145, To Employers   Go to page 145 in the Big Book
One instance comes to mind in which a malicious individual was always making friendly little jokes about an alcoholic's drinking exploits.


5.
... friendly people.   BB xxx(xxviii), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
They are often able, intelligent, friendly people.


6.
... friendly relations with his children.   BB p.134, The Family Afterward   Go to page 134 in the Big Book
The alcoholic may find it hard to re-establish friendly relations with his children.


7.
... friendly talk about his alcoholic problem.   BB p.111, To Wives   Go to page 111 in the Big Book
This may lay the groundwork for a friendly talk about his alcoholic problem.


8.
... friendly talk your husband will usually revive ...   BB p.112, To Wives   Go to page 112 in the Big Book
If this kind of approach does not catch your husband's interest, it may be best to drop the subject, but after a friendly talk your husband will usually revive the topic himself.


9.
... friendly taxicab driver at the landing field ...   BB p.41, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 41 in the Big Book
I have a shadowy recollection of being in an airplane bound for New York, and of finding a friendly taxicab driver at the landing field instead of my wife.


10.
... friendly to them.   BB p.97, Working With Others   Go to page 97 in the Big Book
You should continue to be friendly to them.


11.
... friendly warnings.   BB p.37, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 37 in the Big Book
He enjoys himself for a few years in spite of friendly warnings.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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