From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... straighten him
out.
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
2.
... straighten out
mentally and physically.
BB p.64,
How It Works
3.
... straighten out
that awful jam that cost ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
And how shall he ever straighten out that awful jam that cost him the affection of
his family and separated him from them?
4.
... straighten out
the past.
BB p.77,
Into Action
Simply we tell him that we
will never get over drinking until we have done our utmost to straighten out the past.
5.
... straighten out
the past if we can.
BB p.70,
How It Works
We have listed the people
we have hurt by our conduct, and are willing to
straighten out the past if we can.
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