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


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... intimate and confidential step.   BB p.74, Into Action   Go to page 74 in the Big Book
Rightly and naturally, we think well before we choose the person or persons with whom to take this intimate and confidential step.

2.
... intimate and harrowing aspects of his case ...   12&12 p.185, Tradition Twelve
Enthusiastic over the spectacular recovery of a brother alcoholic, we'd sometimes discuss those intimate and harrowing aspects of his case meant for his sponsor's ear alone.


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... intimate experiences of another person unless we ...   BB p.125, The Family Afterward   Go to page 125 in the Big Book
Another principle we observe carefully is that we do not relate intimate experiences of another person unless we are sure he would approve.

4.
... intimate friends?   12&12 p.140, Tradition Three
How could we know that thousands of these sometimes frightening people were to make astonishing recoveries and become our greatest workers and intimate friends?


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... intimate friends usually find us even more ...   BB p.18, There Is A Solution   Go to page 18 in the Big Book
Strangely enough, wives, parents and intimate friends usually find us even more unapproachable than do the psychiatrist and the doctor.


6.
... intimate information.   BB p.125, The Family Afterward   Go to page 125 in the Big Book
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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... intimate situation.   BB p.82, Into Action   Go to page 82 in the Big Book
No outsider can appraise such an intimate situation.


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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