From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... presented a
strange and refreshing spectacle.
12&12 p.165,
Tradition Seven
To people familiar with
endless drives for charitable funds, A.A. presented a strange and refreshing
spectacle.
2.
... presented difficulties
beyond our conception.
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
We doctors have realized for a long time that some form of moral psychology was of urgent importance to alcoholics, but its application presented difficulties beyond our
conception.
3.
... presented in
this book seems to me ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
The subject presented in
this book seems to me to be
of paramount importance to those afflicted with alcoholic addiction.
4.
... presented themselves.
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
5.
... presented us
with spiritual approaches, how frequently ...
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
When people presented us
with spiritual approaches, how frequently did we all say,
"I wish I had what that man
has.
6.
... presented with
a hospital, and almost immediately ...
12&12 p.161,
Tradition Seven
We had been presented with a hospital, and almost immediately the donor's
son became its principal patient and would-be manager.
7.
... presented with
sick ones, or none at ...
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
8.
... presented with
the solution contained in this ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
Had they fired me first, and
had they then taken steps to
see that I was presented with
the solution contained in this book, I
might have returned to them six months later, a well man.
9.
... presented with
the temptation to overmanage things, ...
12&12 p.111,
Step Twelve
Here again we are presented with the temptation
to overmanage things,
and sometimes this results in rebuffs and other consequences which
are hard to take.
10.
... presented with
this volume it is best ...
BB p.144,
To Employers
When the man is presented with
this volume it is best that
no one tell him he must abide by its suggestions.
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