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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SLOWLY occurs
7 times
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1.
... slowly.
BB p.57,
We Agnostics
Some of us
grow into it more
slowly.
2.
... slowly.
BB p.84,
Into Action
They are being
fulfilled among us -- sometimes
quickly, sometimes
slowly.
3.
... slowly at
first, then growing by leaps ...
BB xxiii,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
4.
... slowly in
ourselves.
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
We could
perceive them
quickly in others, but only
slowly in ourselves.
5.
... slowly learned
that something had to be ...
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
But in
A.A. we
slowly learned that something had to be done about our
vengeful resentments,
self-
pity, and
unwarranted pride.
6.
... slowly over
a period of time.
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
Most of our
experiences are what the
psychologist William
James calls the "
educational variety"
because they
develop slowly
over a
period of
time.
7.
... slowly, savoring
every word and trying to ...
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
As
beginners in
meditation, we might now
reread this
prayer several
times very
slowly,
savoring every
word and
trying to take in the
deep meaning of each
phrase and
idea.
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