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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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... showing him that his case is not ...   12&12 p.46, Step Four
They comfort the melancholy one by first showing him that his case is not strange or different, that his character defects are probably not more numerous or worse than those of anyone else in A.A.


2.
... showing how we recovered.   BB p.29, There Is A Solution   Go to page 29 in the Big Book
Further on, clear-cut directions are given showing how we recovered.


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... showing inability to control his drinking can ...   BB p.31, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 31 in the Big Book
If anyone who is showing inability to control his drinking can do the right-about-face and drink like a gentleman, our hats are off to him.


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... showing lack of control, for he is ...   BB p.109, To Wives   Go to page 109 in the Big Book
Two: Your husband is showing lack of control, for he is unable to stay on the water wagon even when he wants to.


5.
Showing others who suffer how we were ...   BB p.124, The Family Afterward   Go to page 124 in the Big Book
Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worth while to us now.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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