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
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.
2.
... 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.
3.
... invariably results
in poor Catholics becoming better ...
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
There is something spiritual about A.A. too, and
Catholic participation in it almost invariably results in poor Catholics becoming better Catholics."
4.
... invariably temper
such talk by a spirit ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
We do talk about each other a great deal, but we almost invariably temper such talk by a spirit of love and tolerance.
5.
... invariably they
got drunk.
BB p.73,
Into Action
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