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laughed
laughing
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LAUGHTER
occurs
4 times
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1.
... laughter.
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
He and all like him who "
view
with
alarm
for the
good
of
A.A.
"
meet
the most
stubborn
resistance
or,
worse
still,
laughter
.
2.
... laughter and
talk.
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
We can be the
ones
who take on the
unspectacular
but
important
tasks
that make
good
Twelfth
Step
work
possible
, perhaps
arranging
for the
coffee
and
cake
after the
meetings
, where so many
skeptical
,
suspicious
newcomers
have
found
confidence
and
comfort
in the
laughter
and
talk
.
3.
... laughter at
the expense of other people, ...
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
.
4.
... laughter make
for usefulness.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
So we
think
cheerfulness
and
laughter
make for
usefulness
.
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