From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... grave.
BB p.66,
How It Works
But with the alcoholic, whose hope is the maintenance and growth
of a spiritual experience, this business of resentment
is infinitely grave.
2.
... grave emotional
and mental disorders, but many ...
BB p.58,
How It Works
There are those, too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them
do recover if they have the capacity to be honest.
3.
... grave nature
of alcoholism.
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
4.
... grave with
us.
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
5.
... grave your
emotional complications -- even your crimes ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
No matter who you are, no matter how low you've gone, no matter how grave your emotional complications -- even
your crimes -- we still
can't deny you A.A.
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