From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
OPPOSITE occurs
8 times
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1.
... 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
On our
grudge list we
set opposite each
name our
injuries.
5.
... opposite in
many ways of usual promotional ...
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
It is the
opposite in many
ways of
usual promotional practice.
6.
... opposite may
happen should the family condemn ...
BB p.129,
The Family Afterward
The
opposite may
happen
should the
family condemn
and
criticize.
7.
... opposite sex
with whom the fullest possible ...
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
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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