From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... pattern.
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
It does not conform to this pattern.
2.
... pattern, he
would go on a bigger ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
The only answer I could make
was that if the man followed the usual pattern, he would go on a bigger bust than ever.
3.
... pattern is
thereby established that may take ...
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
4.
... pattern of
living as eagerly as we ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
Can we love the whole pattern of living as eagerly as we do the small segment of it we discover
when we try to help other alcoholics achieve sobriety?
5.
... pattern of
our lives.
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
We can go far beyond those things which were superficially wrong
with us, to see those flaws which were basic, flaws which sometimes were
responsible for the whole pattern of our lives.
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