From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SPOIL occurs
9 times
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1.
... spoil a
day, and a well-nursed grudge ...
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
A
burst of
temper could
spoil a
day, and a well-
nursed grudge could make us
miserably ineffective.
2.
... spoil a
later opportunity.
BB p.90,
Working With Others
You may
spoil a
later opportunity.
3.
... spoil matters.
BB p.91,
Working With Others
But
urge them not to be over-
anxious, for that might
spoil
matters.
4.
... spoil my
marriage and injure my children?
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
Did I
spoil my
marriage
and
injure my
children?
5.
... spoil the
broth.
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
Whereupon we
tried A.A. hospitals -- they all
bogged down because you cannot
put an
A.A. group into
business; too
many
busybody cooks spoil the
broth.
6.
... spoil us;
that we shall forever live ...
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Twelve (Long)
This to the
end that our
great
blessings may
never
spoil us; that we shall
forever live in
thankful contemplation of Him who
presides over us all.
7.
... spoil us;
that we shall forever live ...
BB p.566(568),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
This to the
end that our
great
blessings may
never
spoil us; that we shall
forever live in
thankful contemplation of Him who
presides over us all.
8.
... spoil your
chance of being helpful if ...
BB p.100,
Working With Others
You may
spoil your
chance of
being
helpful if you do.
9.
... spoil your
relations with your children or ...
BB p.111,
To Wives
Be
determined that your
husband's
drinking is not
going to
spoil your
relations with your
children or your
friends.
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