From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
LAUGH occurs
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1.
... laugh?
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
But why shouldn't we laugh?
2.
... laugh.
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
At this both the
visitors burst into a
laugh.
3.
... laugh about
that I can see."
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
Said the
future Fellow Anonymous: "
Damn little to
laugh about that I
can see."
4.
... laugh and
gone on to better things.
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
It had
picked itself up with a
laugh and
gone on to
better things.
5.
... laugh at
himself and it will affect ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
A
man may
criticize or
laugh at himself and it will
affect others
favorably,
but
criticism or
ridicule coming from
another often
produces the
contrary effect.
6.
... laugh at
himself -- and that is the ...
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
Even the
chief architect,
standing in
the
ruins of his
dream,
could
laugh at himself -- and that is the very
acme of
humility.
7.
... laugh at
the gin mills.
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
I could
laugh at the
gin mills.
8.
... laugh at
those who think spirituality the ...
BB p.68,
How It Works
We can
laugh at those who
think spirituality the
way of
weakness.
9.
... laugh it
off, or become irritated and ...
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
If you
draw this
fallacious reasoning
to the
attention of an
alcoholic, he will
laugh it
off, or
become irritated and
refuse to
talk.
10.
... laugh much.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
Everybody knows that
those in
bad health, and
those who
seldom play, do
not
laugh much.
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