From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... marked by
escapades, funny, humiliating, shameful or ...
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
Now and then the family will be plagued by spectres from the past, for
the drinking career of
almost every alcoholic has been marked by
escapades, funny, humiliating, shameful
or tragic.
2.
... marked by
successive defeats and humiliations, and ...
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
It was only at the end of a long road, marked by successive defeats and humiliations, and the final crushing of our self-sufficiency, that we
began to feel humility as something more than a condition of groveling despair.
3.
... marked "Fear."
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
4.
... marked the
time when we could commence ...
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
It marked the time when we
could commence to see the
full implication of Step Seven: "Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings."
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