From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... reaction.
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
Compared to this prospect, the ten thousand dollars under consideration
wasn't much, but like the alcoholic's first drink it would, if taken, inevitably set up a disastrous chain reaction.
2.
... reaction.
12&12 p.165,
Tradition Seven
3.
... reaction may
be one of enthusiasm.
BB p.114,
To Wives
4.
... reaction set
in as the recovered alcoholics ...
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
With the publication of the book "Alcoholics Anonymous" in 1939, the pioneering period ended and a prodigious chain reaction set in as the recovered alcoholics carried their
message to still others.
5.
... reaction to
life; that such a change ...
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
He finally realizes
that he has undergone a profound alteration in
his reaction to life; that such a change could hardly have been brought
about by himself alone.
6.
... reaction was
just like yours.
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
7.
... reaction will
be just the opposite.
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
If, however, our natural disposition is inclined to self-righteousness or grandiosity, our reaction
will be just the opposite.
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