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


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... invariably find that at some time in ...   BB p.62, How It Works   Go to page 62 in the Big Book
Sometimes they hurt us, seemingly without provocation, but we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt.

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... invariably got well.   12&12 p.22, Step One
But a few did, and when these laid hold of A.A. principles with all the fervor with which the drowning seize life preservers, they almost invariably got well.


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... invariably results in poor Catholics becoming better ...   BB p.572(574), Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.   Display entire Appendix V
There is something spiritual about A.A. too, and Catholic participation in it almost invariably results in poor Catholics becoming better Catholics."


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... invariably temper such talk by a spirit ...   BB p.125, The Family Afterward   Go to page 125 in the Big Book
We do talk about each other a great deal, but we almost invariably temper such talk by a spirit of love and tolerance.


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... invariably they got drunk.   BB p.73, Into Action   Go to page 72 in the Big Book
Almost invariably they got drunk.


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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