From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... seriously."
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
Once the card was unfolded, a single pungent sentence leaped to the eye: "Don't take yourself too damn seriously."
2.
... seriously affected.
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
3.
... seriously affected,
even those who may be ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
As soon as we begin to feel confident in our new way of life and have begun, by our behavior and example, to
convince those about us
that we are indeed changing for the better, it
is usually safe to talk in complete frankness with those who
have been seriously affected, even those who may be only a little
or not at all aware of what we have done to them.
4.
... seriously alcoholic
as we were, we believe ...
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
5.
... seriously disturbed,
our first need was to ...
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
We learned that if we were seriously disturbed, our first need was to quiet that disturbance,
regardless of who or what we thought caused it.
6.
... seriously harm
the one to whom we ...
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
That will arise in the occasional situation
where to make a full revelation would seriously
harm the one to whom we are making amends.
7.
... seriously his
periods of crankiness, depression, or ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
If they sense these things,
they will not take so seriously his periods of crankiness, depression, or apathy,
which will disappear when
there is tolerance, love,
and spiritual understanding.
8.
... seriously ill,
bodily and mentally.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
Best of all, I met a kind doctor who explained that though certainly selfish and foolish, I had been seriously
ill, bodily and mentally.
9.
... seriously think
of giving them up, at ...
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
Nearly anyone could submit a good list of such defects as these, and few of us
would seriously think of giving them up, at least until they cause us excessive misery.
10.
... seriously thought
of rewriting the laws of ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
We seriously thought of rewriting the laws of the land, and having it declared
that alcoholics are sick
people.
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