From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... ordinary attributes
began to come to us, ...
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
"As material success founded upon no more than these ordinary attributes began to come to us, we felt we were winning at the game of life.
2.
... ordinary life,
would produce untold grief; there ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
This is a condition which, in ordinary life, would produce untold grief; there might be scandalous gossip, laughter at the expense of
other people, and a tendency to take advantage of intimate information.
3.
... ordinary promises.
BB p.148,
To Employers
4.
... ordinary psychological
approach.
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
5.
... ordinary sense
of the word, is needed ...
BB p.98,
Working With Others
For the type of alcoholic
who is able and willing to
get well, little charity, in the ordinary sense of the word, is needed or wanted.
6.
... ordinary whoopee
parties.
BB p.101,
Working With Others
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