From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
GRIEF occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... grief and
anxiety wear away, a subtle ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
As their
grief and
anxiety
wear away, a
subtle change begins.
2.
... grief or
suffering, when the hand of ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
He will also
report that out of every
season of
grief or
suffering, when the
hand of
God seemed heavy or even
unjust, new
lessons for
living were
learned, new
resources of
courage were
uncovered, and that finally,
inescapably, the
conviction came that
God does "
move in a
mysterious way His
wonders to
perform."
3.
... grief; there
might be scandalous gossip, laughter ...
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.
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