From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... strange alcoholic
might bring.
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
We are much more afraid of what people might
say than the trouble this
strange alcoholic might
bring.
2.
... strange and
refreshing spectacle.
12&12 p.165,
Tradition Seven
To people familiar with
endless drives for charitable funds, A.A. presented a strange and refreshing spectacle.
3.
... strange as
this may seem to those ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
On the other hand -- and
strange as this may seem to those who do not understand -- once a psychic change has occurred, the very same person who seemed doomed, who had so many problems he despaired of ever solving them, suddenly finds himself easily able to control his desire for alcohol, the only effort necessary being that required to follow a few simple rules.
4.
... strange energy
so few people understand, meets ...
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
Silently and surely, electricity, that strange
energy so few people understand, meets our simplest daily needs, and our most desperate ones, too.
5.
... strange mental
blank spots.
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
6.
... strange new
dad with apprehension, then with ...
BB p.128,
The Family Afterward
As soon as his sobriety begins to be taken as a matter of course, the family may look at their strange new dad
with apprehension, then with irritation.
7.
... strange or
different, that his character defects ...
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
They comfort the melancholy one by first showing him that his case is not strange or different, that his character defects are probably not more numerous or worse than those of anyone else in A.A.
8.
... strange paradox.
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
9.
... strange place,
discredited and almost broke.
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
10.
... strange proposition
that this universe originated in ...
BB p.10,
Bill's Story
Few people really are, for that means blind faith in the strange proposition that this
universe originated
in a cipher and aimlessly rushes nowhere.
11.
... strange sensation.
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
12.
... strange that
lots of us have had ...
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
13.
... strange that
our Society has concluded that ...
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
Under these compulsions of self-preservation, duty, and
love, it is not strange that
our Society has concluded that it has but one
high mission -- to carry the A.A. message to those who don't know there's a way out.
14.
... strange that
we often let these far ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
Since most of us are born with an abundance of natural desires, it isn't strange that
we often let these far exceed their intended purpose.
15.
... strange to
say, is usually that he ...
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
And the truth, strange to say, is usually that he has no more idea
why he took that first drink than you have.
16.
... strange world
of alcoholism where everything is ...
BB p.108,
To Wives
Perhaps your husband has
been living in that strange
world of alcoholism
where everything is distorted and exaggerated.
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