From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... suffer and
often revolt.
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
When an individual's desire for prestige becomes uncontrollable, whether in the sewing circle or at the international conference table, other people suffer and often revolt.
2.
... suffer, because
we always paid the bills ...
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
3.
... suffer, because
we were usually on the ...
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
4.
... suffer from
alcoholism.
12&12 p.189,
Tradition Three (Long)
5.
... suffer from
alcoholism.
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
6.
... suffer from
alcoholism.
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
7.
... suffer from
grave emotional and mental disorders, ...
BB p.58,
How It Works
There are those, too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them
do recover if they have the capacity to be honest.
8.
... suffer horribly,
but not more than the ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
9.
... suffer how
we were given help is ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes life seem so worth while to us now.
10.
... suffer lingering
and fatal illness with little ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
We have seen A.A.'s suffer lingering and fatal illness with little complaint, and often in good cheer.
11.
... suffer severe
reactions.
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
12.
... suffer somewhat.
BB p.109,
To Wives
13.
... suffer these
defects at these rock-bottom levels.
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
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