From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
REPAIR occurs
5 times
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1.
... repair.
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
Let them
remember that his
drinking wrought all
kinds of
damage that may take
long to
repair.
2.
... repair the
damage done in the past.
BB p.76,
Into Action
Now we go out to our
fellows and
repair the
damage done in the
past.
3.
... repair the
damage immediately lest we pay ...
BB p.99,
Working With Others
4.
... repair the
damage we have done; and ...
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
First, we take a
look backward and
try to
discover where we have been at
fault;
next we make a
vigorous attempt to
repair the
damage we have done;
and
third, having thus
cleaned away the
debris of
the
past, we
consider how,
with our
newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may
develop the
best possible relations with
every
human being we
know.
5.
... repair what
he can and to accept ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
The
alcoholic,
realizing what his
wife has
endured, and now
fully understanding how much he himself did to
damage her and his
children,
nearly always
takes up his
marriage responsibilities with a
willingness to
repair what
he can and to
accept what he can't.
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