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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SUBTLE occurs
4 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... subtle and
elusive kind of self-righteousness can ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
2.
... subtle change
begins.
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
As their
grief and
anxiety
wear away, a
subtle change begins.
3.
... subtle foe.
BB p.85,
Into Action
We are
headed for
trouble
if we do, for
alcohol is a
subtle foe.
4.
... subtle insanity
which precedes the first drink, ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
I rather
appreciated your
ideas about the
subtle insanity which
precedes
the
first drink, but I was
confident it could not
happen to me after what I had
learned.
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