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
3.
... showing inability
to control his drinking can ...
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
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.
4.
... showing lack
of control, for he is ...
BB p.109,
To Wives
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
Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worth while to us now.
6.
... showing when
you were getting another drink.
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
It never fails, if you go about it with one half the zeal you have been in
the habit of showing when you
were getting another drink.
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