GOSSIP in Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions

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

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GOSSIP occurs 3 times (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)

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Gossip barbed with our anger, a polite ... 12&12 p.67, Step Six

Gossip barbed with our anger, a polite form of murder by character assassination, has its satisfactions for us, too.

... gossip, laughter at the expense of other ... BB p.125, The Family Afterward

This is a condition which, in ordinary life, would produce untold grief; there might be scandalous gossip, laughter at the expense of other people, and a tendency to take advantage of intimate information.

... gossip -- personal relationship; self esteem (fear). BB p.65, How It Works

Mrs. Jones -- she's a nut, she snubbed me; she committed her husband for drinking; he's my friend; she's a gossip -- personal relationship; self esteem (fear).

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