From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... grief and
anxiety wear away, a subtle ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
2.
... grief, either
physical or financial.
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
3.
... 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."
4.
... 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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