From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... suddenly cast
to one side, and a ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
Ideas, emotions, and attitudes which were once
the guiding forces of the
lives of these men are suddenly cast to one side, and a completely new set of conceptions and motives begin to dominate them.
2.
... suddenly finds
himself easily able to control ...
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.
3.
... suddenly found
themselves saved from death, but ...
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
Like us, they had suddenly found themselves saved from death, but still floating upon a perilous sea.
4.
... suddenly gone
peaceable, and become one great ...
12&12 p.177,
Tradition Ten
Maybe this sounds as though the alcoholics in
A.A. had suddenly gone peaceable, and become one great big happy family.
5.
... suddenly hands
us a great big lump ...
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
Then perhaps life, as it
has a way of doing, suddenly hands us a great big lump that we can't begin to swallow, let alone digest.
6.
... suddenly leap.
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
7.
... suddenly realize
that God is doing for ...
BB p.84,
Into Action
8.
... suddenly realized
that in order to save ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
9.
... suddenly realizing
that we did not know ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
It was as if we were actors on a stage, suddenly realizing that we did not know a single line of our parts.
10.
... suddenly taken
from the scrap heap to ...
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
Then he had, in effect, been raised from the dead, suddenly taken from the scrap heap to a level of life better than the best he had ever known!
11.
"Suddenly the
thought crossed my mind that ...
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
"Suddenly the thought crossed my mind that if I were
to put an ounce of whiskey in my milk it couldn't
hurt me on a full stomach.
12.
... suddenly to
life again, often begins to ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
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