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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
GRADUALLY occurs
8 times
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1.
... gradually, and
usually without any realization of ...
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
Very
gradually, and usually without any
realization of the
fact,
the
wife is
forced to
become the
mother of an
erring boy.
2.
... gradually became
our servant and not our ...
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
Money gradually became our
servant and not
our
master.
3.
... gradually becomes
a working part of the ...
BB p.87,
Into Action
What used to be the
hunch or the
occasional inspiration gradually becomes a
working part of the
mind.
4.
... gradually began
to infiltrate my life.
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
Right there,
Step Two gently and very
gradually began to
infiltrate my
life.
5.
... gradually, but
His impact on me was ...
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
God comes to most
men gradually, but His
impact on me was
sudden and
profound.
6.
... gradually found
that people were attracted to ...
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
When we
persistently did this we
gradually found that people were
attracted to us as
never
before.
7.
... gradually impair
him physically and mentally.
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
He may have the
habit badly
enough to
gradually impair him
physically and
mentally.
8.
Gradually things
got worse.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
Gradually things got
worse.
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