From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... perfectly ethical.
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
2.
... perfectly good
intent, these folks declared that ...
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
With perfectly good intent, these folks declared that the principle of anonymity
was horse-and-buggy stuff, something appropriate to A.A.'s pioneering days.
3.
... perfectly logical
assumption is suggested that underneath ...
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
When, however, the perfectly logical assumption is suggested that underneath the material
world and life as we see it, there is an All Powerful, Guiding, Creative Intelligence, right
there our perverse streak comes to the surface and we laboriously set out to convince ourselves it isn't so.
4.
... perfectly natural
that we were sensitive.
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
And considering the rough deal life had given us, we felt it perfectly natural that we were sensitive.
5.
... perfectly necessary
and right, and surely God-given.
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
So these desires -- for the sex relation, for material and emotional
security, and for companionship -- are perfectly necessary and right, and surely God-given.
6.
... perfectly sensible
and well balanced concerning everything ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
He is often perfectly sensible and well balanced concerning everything except liquor, but in that respect
he is incredibly dishonest and selfish.
7.
... perfectly willing
to do anything necessary.
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
On the third day the lawyer gave his life to the care and direction of his Creator,
and said he was perfectly willing to do anything necessary.
8.
... perfectly willing
to go to jail if ...
BB p.79,
Into Action
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