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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
RIDICULE occurs
2 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... ridicule.
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
Finally, he can no
longer work, his
wife gets a
divorce and he is
held up to
ridicule.
2.
... ridicule coming
from another often produces the ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
A
man may
criticize or
laugh at himself and it will
affect others
favorably,
but
criticism or
ridicule
coming from another often
produces the
contrary effect.
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