From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... similar problems
... In this atmosphere the alcoholic ...
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
They help others with similar problems ... In this atmosphere the alcoholic often overcomes his excessive
concentration upon himself.
2.
... similar social,
ethnic, and economic backgrounds.
BB xxiii,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
When the phrase "We are people who normally would
not mix" (page 17 of this book) was written in 1939, it referred to a Fellowship composed largely of men (and a few women) with quite similar social, ethnic, and economic backgrounds.
3.
... similar temptation.
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
4.
... similar uproar.
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
5.
... similar worth
and durability?
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
If they cannot have this kind of happiness, can A.A. offer them satisfactions of similar
worth and durability?
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