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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
STAYED occurs
10 times
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1.
... stayed.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
2.
... stayed broke.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
This
time we
stayed broke.
3.
... stayed broke,
while its individual members waxed ...
12&12 p.161,
Tradition Seven
4.
... stayed dry
but has been able to ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
We shall
want to
speak with
someone who is
experienced, who not only has
stayed dry but has been able to
surmount other
serious
difficulties.
5.
... stayed, he
stayed sober -- month after month.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
Ed not only
stayed, he
stayed sober --
month after
month.
6.
... stayed on
and on.
BB p.106,
To Wives
We stayed on and on.
7.
... stayed on
with A.A. showed improvement.
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
Of
alcoholics who
came
to
A.A. and really
tried,
50% got
sober at once and
remained that way;
25%
sobered up after some
relapses, and among the
remainder, those who
stayed
on with
A.A. showed improvement.
8.
... stayed poor
because it had to.
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
So our
Fellowship stayed
poor because it had to.
9.
... stayed sober
-- month after month.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
Ed not only
stayed, he
stayed sober --
month after
month.
10.
... stayed sore.
BB p.66,
How It Works
The
usual outcome was that
people
continued to
wrong us and we
stayed sore.
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