From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... opposite.
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
If, however, our natural disposition is inclined to self-righteousness or grandiosity, our reaction will be just the opposite.
2.
... opposite.
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
3.
... opposite direction.
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
Upon entering A.A., these attitudes were sharply reversed, often going much too far in the opposite direction.
4.
... opposite each
name our injuries.
BB p.65,
How It Works
5.
... opposite in
many ways of usual promotional ...
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
6.
... opposite may
happen should the family condemn ...
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
7.
... opposite sex
with whom the fullest possible ...
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
Nearly every sound human being experiences, at
some time in life, a compelling desire to find a mate of the opposite sex with whom the fullest possible union can be made -- spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical.
8.
... opposite tack
and had insisted, like infants ...
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
When we had taken the opposite tack and had insisted, like infants ourselves, that
people protect and take care of us or that the world owed us a living, then the result had
been equally unfortunate.
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