From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
RUNNING occurs
5 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... running expenses
plus a prudent reserve would ...
12&12 p.165,
Tradition Seven
2.
... running from
pain and problems.
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
Until now, our
lives have been
largely devoted to
running from
pain and
problems.
3.
... running the
show, humbly saying to ourselves ...
BB p.88,
Into Action
We
constantly remind
ourselves we are no
longer running the
show,
humbly saying to ourselves many
times each
day "
Thy will be done."
4.
... running through
my mind.
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
As we've been
talking,
five
short words have been
running through my
mind.
5.
... running to
extremes -- absurd extremes, perhaps.
BB p.68,
How It Works
Here we find
human opinions running to
extremes --
absurd extremes, perhaps.
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