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
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.
3.
... intimate experiences
of another person unless we ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
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?
5.
... intimate friends
usually find us even more ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
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
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.
7.
... intimate situation.
BB p.82,
Into Action
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