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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
RESISTED occurs
4 times
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1.
... resisted or
ran away, we were bitterly ...
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
But when they finally
resisted or
ran away, we were
bitterly hurt and
disappointed.
2.
... resisted the
rising tide of democracy, they ...
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
If, however, they have
heavily resisted the
rising tide of
democracy, they may
be
summarily beached.
3.
... resisted the
thought of a Czar of ...
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
I could go for such
conceptions as
Creative Intelligence,
Universal Mind or
Spirit of
Nature but I
resisted the
thought of a
Czar of the
Heavens, however
loving His
sway might be.
4.
... resisted, we
found no great difficulty in ...
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
Though some of us
resisted, we
found no
great difficulty in
casting aside such
feelings.
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