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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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HAPPEN   occurs   15 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... happen.   12&12 p.178, Tradition Ten
But this didn't happen.


2.
... happen.   BB p.100, Working With Others   Go to page 100 in the Big Book
If you persist, remarkable things will happen.


3.
... happen.   BB xvii, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
With the appearance of the new book a great deal began to happen.


4.
... happen again.   BB p.38, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 38 in the Big Book
We admit we have some of these symptoms, but we have not gone to the extremes you fellows did, nor are we likely to, for we understand ourselves so well after what you have told us that such things cannot happen again.


5.
... happen again, regard it in a different ...   BB p.116, To Wives   Go to page 116 in the Big Book
Should it happen again, regard it in a different light.


6.
... happen and more, for what I had ...   BB p.42, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 42 in the Big Book
Well, just that did happen and more, for what I had learned of alcoholism did not occur to me at all.

7.
... happen in a succession of cases, and ...   12&12 p.111, Step Twelve
Perhaps this will happen in a succession of cases, and we may be deeply discouraged as to our ability to carry A.A.'s message.

8.
... happen in our lives were we able ...   12&12 p.101, Step Eleven
It ought to be followed by a good look at where we stand now, and a further look at what might happen in our lives were we able to move closer to the ideal we have been trying to glimpse.


9.
... happen should the family condemn and criticize.   BB p.129, The Family Afterward   Go to page 129 in the Big Book
The opposite may happen should the family condemn and criticize.

10.
... happen to anybody who tries.   12&12 p.97, Step Eleven
And that, we have found, can happen to anybody who tries.

11.
... happen to be in the way, then ...   12&12 p.44, Step Four
If the pursuit of wealth tramples upon people who happen to be in the way, then anger, jealousy, and revenge are likely to be aroused.

12.
... happen to be miserly, irresponsible, callous, or ...   12&12 p.81, Step Eight
Suppose that in our family lives we happen to be miserly, irresponsible, callous, or cold.


13.
... happen to me after what I had ...   BB p.40, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 40 in the Big Book
I rather appreciated your ideas about the subtle insanity which precedes the first drink, but I was confident it could not happen to me after what I had learned.

14.
... happen we should not think too ill ...   12&12 p.105, Step Eleven
When these things happen we should not think too ill of ourselves.


15.
... happen with you.   BB p.153, A Vision For You   Go to page 153 in the Big Book
The practical answer is that since these things have happened among us, they can happen with you.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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