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


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1.
... looks.   BB p.110, To Wives   Go to page 110 in the Big Book
This picture may not be as dark as it looks.

2.
... looks after the phone-answering service, answers the ...   12&12 p.134, Tradition Two
The secretary sees that literature is on the table, looks after the phone-answering service, answers the mail, and sends out notices of meetings.

3.
... looks at A.A. for the first time ...   12&12 p.129, Tradition One
Every newcomer, every friend who looks at A.A. for the first time is greatly puzzled.


4.
... looks fine, and to clinch the matter, ...   BB p.138, To Employers   Go to page 138 in the Big Book
He has just returned from a three-months leave of absence, has taken a cure, looks fine, and to clinch the matter, the board of directors told him this was his last chance."


5.
... looks for this spirit among us and ...   BB p.103, Working With Others   Go to page 103 in the Big Book
Every new alcoholic looks for this spirit among us and is immensely relieved when he finds we are not witch-burners.

6.
... looks hard, even impossible.   12&12 p.35, Step Three
To every worldly and practical-minded beginner, this Step looks hard, even impossible.

7.
... looks possible as a solution.   12&12 p.45, Step Four
As we morbidly pursue this melancholy activity, we may sink to such a point of despair that nothing but oblivion looks possible as a solution.

8.
... looks vague, nebulous, pretty naive to them.   12&12 p.132, Tradition Two
The friends mutter that this looks vague, nebulous, pretty naive to them.


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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