From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
MISUNDERSTANDING occurs
6 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... misunderstanding.
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
Back of them is a
world of
ignorance and
misunderstanding.
2.
... misunderstanding.
BB p.142,
To Employers
Next he can be
assured that
you do not
intend to
lecture,
moralize, or
condemn; that if this was done
formerly, it was because of
misunderstanding.
3.
... misunderstanding and fear.
BB p.104,
To Wives
We have had
long rendezvous with
hurt pride,
frustration,
self-
pity,
misunderstanding and
fear.
4.
... misunderstanding, and permit us to return to ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
Just saying it over and over will often
enable us
to
clear a
channel choked up with
anger,
fear,
frustration, or
misunderstanding, and
permit
us to
return to the
surest
help of all -- our
search
for
God's will, not our
own, in
the
moment of
stress.
5.
... misunderstanding, fierce resentment, financial insecurity, disgusted friends ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
6.
... misunderstanding, tensions, or actual infidelity, who are ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
We have sometimes seen
families broken apart by
misunderstanding,
tensions, or
actual infidelity, who
are
reunited by the
A.A. way
of
life.
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