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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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1.
... quietly got up and made an explanation.   BB p.80, Into Action   Go to page 80 in the Big Book
After the sermon, he quietly got up and made an explanation.


2.
... quietly let your friends know the nature ...   BB p.115, To Wives   Go to page 115 in the Big Book
While you need not discuss your husband at length, you can quietly let your friends know the nature of his illness.

3.
... quietly on the sidelines patiently awaiting developments.   12&12 p.135, Tradition Two
The elder statesman is the one who sees the wisdom of the group's decision, who holds no resentment over his reduced status, whose judgment, fortified by considerable experience, is sound, and who is willing to sit quietly on the sidelines patiently awaiting developments.


4.
... quietly when in doubt, asking only for ...   BB p.13, Bill's Story   Go to page 13 in the Big Book
I was to sit quietly when in doubt, asking only for direction and strength to meet my problems as He would have me.

5.
... quietly with the thoughts of someone who ...   12&12 p.100, Step Eleven
We rest quietly with the thoughts of someone who knows, so that we may experience and learn.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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