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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... handle his
liquor."
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
"That
fellow can't
handle
his
liquor."
2.
... handle his
liquor, that it does him ...
BB p.109,
To Wives
He is
positive he can
handle his
liquor, that it does
him no
harm, that
drinking
is
necessary in his
business.
3.
... handle inebriates.
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
4.
... handle it.
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
We have
found that
justified anger ought to be
left to those
better qualified to
handle it.
5.
... handle our
over-all public relations and they ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
6.
... handle our
overall public relations and they ...
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
7.
... handle ourselves
like other people.
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
If these
thoughts occur,
they are
hazy and
readily
supplanted with the
old
threadbare idea that
this
time we shall
handle
ourselves like other people.
8.
... handle, say,
three drinks -- no more!
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
Perhaps he could
handle, say,
three drinks -- no more!
9.
... handle situations
which used to baffle us.
BB p.84,
Into Action
We will
intuitively know how to
handle situations which used to
baffle us.
10.
... handle the
overwhelming number of personal appeals ...
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
11.
... handle the
overwhelming number of personal appeals ...
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
It is
important that we
remain anonymous because
we are too few, at
present to
handle the
overwhelming number of
personal appeals which may
result
from this
publication.
12.
... handle them
as well and as bravely ...
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
Can we now, with the
help of
God as we
understand Him,
handle them as well and as
bravely as our
nonalcoholic friends
often do?
13.
... handle this
matter any way you please.
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
They even had to
coin a
couple of
sentences which
still go into
half the
letters they
write: "Of
course, you are at
perfect
liberty to
handle this
matter any way you
please.
14.
... handle this
sort of project.
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
An
A.A. group, as such,
simply couldn't
handle this
sort of
project.
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