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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SKEPTICAL occurs
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1.
... skeptical.
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four
These few were
disturbed and
skeptical.
2.
... skeptical for
a year and a half, ...
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
It was
fortunate, for my
old business associates remained
skeptical for a
year and a
half, during which I
found little work.
3.
... skeptical, he
finished his treatment with unusual ...
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
Though
experience had made him
skeptical, he
finished his
treatment with
unusual confidence.
4.
... skeptical reception.
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
Or we may be
tipped over in the other
direction when, in
rare cases, we get a
cool and
skeptical reception.
5.
... skeptical, suspicious
newcomers have found confidence and ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
We can be the
ones who take on the
unspectacular but
important tasks that make
good Twelfth Step work possible, perhaps
arranging for the
coffee
and
cake after the
meetings, where so many
skeptical,
suspicious newcomers have
found confidence and
comfort
in the
laughter and
talk.
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