From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SHY occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... shy, and
dared not draw near others, ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
Either we were
shy, and
dared
not
draw near others, or we
were
apt to be
noisy good fellows craving attention and
companionship, but
never getting it -- at
least to our way of
thinking.
2.
... shy of
a spiritual remedy, ask him ...
BB p.112,
To Wives
If you
think he will be
shy
of a
spiritual remedy,
ask him to
look at the
chapter on
alcoholism.
3.
... shy on
this matter of prayer.
BB p.85,
Into Action
We shouldn't be
shy on this
matter of
prayer.
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