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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... subject.
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
2.
... subject better,
as everyone should have a ...
BB p.112,
To Wives
You
think he ought to
know
the
subject better, as
everyone should have a
clear
understanding of the
risk he
takes if he
drinks too much.
3.
... subject, but
after a friendly talk your ...
BB p.112,
To Wives
If this
kind of
approach
does not
catch your
husband's
interest, it may
be
best to
drop the
subject, but after a
friendly talk your
husband will usually
revive the
topic himself.
4.
... subject, but
so far as we are ...
BB p.144,
To Employers
By no
means do we
offer it
as the
last word on this
subject, but so far as we are
concerned, it has
worked
with us.
5.
... subject himself.
BB p.111,
To Wives
Try to have him bring up the
subject himself.
6.
... subject, it
should be the privilege of ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
Next time you and he have a
heated discussion, no
matter what the
subject, it
should be the
privilege of either to
smile and say, "This is
getting serious.
7.
... subject matter
of this book: It contains ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
To
return to the
subject matter of this book: It
contains full suggestions by which the
employee may
solve his
problem.
8.
... subject of
confidence, can you adopt the ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
While on the
subject of
confidence, can you
adopt
the
attitude that so far as you are
concerned this will be a
strictly personal matter, that his
alcoholic
derelictions, the
treatment about to be
undertaken, will
never be
discussed without his
consent?
9.
... subject of
drinking, even with your own ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
You
avoid the
subject of
drinking, even with your
own
parents.
10.
... subject of
God.
BB p.77,
Into Action
We don't use this as an
excuse for
shying away from the
subject of
God.
11.
... subject presented
in this book seems to ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
The
subject presented in
this book
seems to me to be of
paramount importance
to those
afflicted with
alcoholic addiction.
12.
... subject which
is covered in such masterly ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
There was, therefore, a
sense of
real satisfaction when I
was
asked to
contribute
a few
words on a
subject
which is
covered in such
masterly detail in these
pages.
13.
... subject which
our man thought he had ...
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
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