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

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HAPPILY   occurs   11 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... happily and usefully whole.   12&12 p.15, Foreword
A.A.'s Twelve Steps are a group of principles, spiritual in their nature, which, if practiced as a way of life, can expel the obsession to drink and enable the sufferer to become happily and usefully whole.


2.
Happily for everyone, this conclusion is erroneous.   BB p.567(569), Appendix II, Spiritual Experience   Display entire Appendix II
Happily for everyone, this conclusion is erroneous.


3.
... happily in this world.   BB p.74, Into Action   Go to page 73 in the Big Book
We must be entirely honest with somebody if we expect to live long or happily in this world.


4.
... happily married and the father of promising ...   BB p.39, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 39 in the Big Book
His income is good, he has a fine home, is happily married and the father of promising children of college age.

5.
... happily married by eliminating the severe emotional ...   12&12 p.117, Step Twelve
Our main problem is not how we are to stay married; it is how to be more happily married by eliminating the severe emotional twists that have so often stemmed from alcoholism.

6.
Happily, most of them survive and live ...   12&12 p.135, Tradition Two
Happily, most of them survive and live to become elder statesmen.


7.
... happily observed that this time I meant ...   BB p.5, Bill's Story   Go to page 5 in the Big Book
Before then, I had written lots of sweet promises, but my wife happily observed that this time I meant business.

8.
... happily our friends of the writing profession ...   12&12 p.182, Tradition Eleven
These were plausible arguments, but happily our friends of the writing profession disagreed with them.

9.
Happily, though, the chances are that you ...   12&12 p.61, Step Five
Happily, though, the chances are that you will be in for a very pleasant surprise.

10.
... happily unaware of being hurt.   12&12 p.79, Step Eight
There were cases, too, where we had damaged others who were still happily unaware of being hurt.

11.
... happily, we'd show everybody else how.   12&12 p.156, Tradition Six
Having learned to live so happily, we'd show everybody else how.


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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