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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
OCCURRED occurs
5 times
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1.
... occurred demonstrating
this principle.
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
2.
... occurred, the
very same person who seemed ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
On the other
hand -- and
strange as this may
seem to
those who do not
understand -- once a
psychic change has
occurred, the very same
person who
seemed doomed, who had so
many
problems he
despaired of ever
solving
them,
suddenly finds
himself
easily able to
control his
desire for
alcohol, the only
effort necessary being that
required to
follow a few
simple rules.
3.
... occurred to
him that perhaps he could ...
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
It
never occurred to him that
perhaps he could not do so, in
spite of his
character and
standing.
4.
... occurred to
us that we could take ...
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
It
occurred to us that we could take what we had into
the
factories and
cause
laborers and
capitalists to
love each
other.
5.
... occurred to
us that we needed to ...
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
It
never occurred to us that
we
needed to
change
ourselves to
meet conditions, whatever they were.
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