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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SEVERE occurs
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1.
... severe.
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
2.
... severe, but
it is usually the best ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
This may
seem severe, but it
is usually the
best course.
3.
... severe cases
of alcoholism and were destined ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
4.
... severe emotional
twists that have so often ...
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
Our
main problem is not how
we are to
stay married; it
is how to be more
happily married by
eliminating
the
severe emotional twists that have so often
stemmed from
alcoholism.
5.
... severe growing
pains.
12&12 p.17,
Foreword
This
startling expansion brought with it very
severe growing pains.
6.
... severe hangover.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
We often
need it to
carry green recruits through a
severe hangover.
7.
... severe reactions.
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
The
minute we make a
serious attempt to
probe them, we are
liable to
suffer severe reactions.
8.
... severe shock
when we realized that we ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
We got a
pretty severe shock when we
realized that
we were
preparing to make a
face-to-
face admission of our
wretched conduct to those
we had
hurt.
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