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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
HEAVILY occurs
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1.
... heavily.
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
When we
habitually try to
manipulate others to our
own willful desires, they
revolt, and
resist us
heavily.
2.
... heavily at
the present time, are able ...
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
That may be
true of
certain
nonalcoholic people who, though
drinking foolishly and
heavily at the
present time, are able to
stop or
moderate, because their
brains and
bodies have not
been
damaged as ours were.
3.
... heavily on
people, they will sooner or ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
If we
lean too
heavily on
people, they will
sooner or
later fail us, for they are
human, too, and cannot
possibly meet our
incessant demands.
4.
... heavily on
Reason that last mile and ...
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
Perhaps we had been
leaning too
heavily on
Reason that
last mile and we did not like to
lose our
support.
5.
... heavily padded
expense account.
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
Suppose, for
instance,
that we have
drunk up a
good
chunk of our
firm's
money, whether by "
borrowing" or on a
heavily
padded expense account.
6.
... heavily resisted
the rising tide of democracy, ...
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
If, however, they have
heavily resisted the
rising tide of
democracy, they may
be
summarily beached.
7.
... heavily yesterday,
he cannot live well today.
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
When a
drunk has a
terrific hangover because
he
drank heavily yesterday, he cannot
live
well
today.
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