From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... shocked at
our seeming worldliness and levity.
BB p.16,
Bill's Story
2.
... shocked, but
interested.
BB p.10,
Bill's Story
I was shocked, but interested.
3.
... shocked by
their son's refusal to have ...
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
They were deeply religious people, much shocked by their son's refusal to have anything to do with the church.
4.
... shocked if
he knew how much alcoholism ...
BB p.149,
To Employers
5.
... shocked the
A.A. members of that time.
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
6.
... shocked us.
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
7.
... shocked when
we burst into merriment over ...
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
Outsiders are sometimes shocked when we burst into merriment over a seemingly tragic experience out of the past.
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