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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... perfectly ethical.
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
What I
propose is
perfectly
ethical.
2.
... perfectly good
intent, these folks declared that ...
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
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
6.
... perfectly sensible
and well balanced concerning everything ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
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
He said he was
perfectly willing to go to
jail if she
insisted.
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