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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SUFFERED occurs
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1.
... suffered.
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
They
expect him to
give them
the
nice times they used to
have before he
drank so much, and to
show his
contrition for
what they
suffered.
2.
... suffered alcoholic
torture must believe -- that the ...
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
In this
statement he
confirms what we who have
suffered alcoholic torture must believe -- that the
body of
the
alcoholic is quite as
abnormal as his
mind.
3.
... suffered, because
we were certain few knew ...
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
Our
reputations hadn't
suffered, because we were
certain
few
knew of our
drinking.
4.
... suffered enough
under its weight to be ...
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
Each of us has had his
own near-
fatal encounter with the
juggernaut of
self-will,
and has
suffered enough
under
its weight to be
willing to
look for something
better.
5.
... suffered from
a serious illness.
BB p.139,
To Employers
He
simply could not
believe that his
brother-
executive suffered from a
serious illness.
6.
... suffered horribly
from his sprees, but it ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
He
suffered horribly from
his
sprees, but it
seemed
as if
nothing could be done for him.
7.
... suffered, how
it deteriorates the body of ...
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
The
man in the
bed was told of
the
acute poisoning from
which he
suffered, how it
deteriorates the
body of
an
alcoholic and
warps
his
mind.
8.
... suffered many
of the old pangs of ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
But we soon
discovered that while we weren't
alone any more in a
social sense, we still
suffered many of
the
old pangs of
anxious apartness.
9.
... suffered more
than anything else, it is ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
Since the
home has
suffered
more than anything else, it is well that a
man exert himself there.
10.
... suffered of
irritability, anxiety, remorse, and depression; ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
They will tell how they
tried to
carry the
load alone; how much
they
suffered of
irritability,
anxiety,
remorse, and
depression; and how,
unconsciously seeking
relief, they would sometimes
accuse even their
best friends of the very
character defects they
themselves were
trying to
conceal.
11.
... suffered severely
from self-justification during their drinking ...
12&12 p.46,
Step Four
First off, they can be told that the
majority of
A.A. members have
suffered severely from
self-
justification during their
drinking days.
12.
... suffered the
feeling that we didn't quite ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
Even before our
drinking got
bad and people
began to
cut us off,
nearly all of us
suffered the
feeling that
we didn't quite
belong.
13.
... suffered the
most.
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
But it is from our
twisted relations with
family,
friends, and
society at
large that many of us have
suffered the most.
14.
... suffered the
same fears that they could ...
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
When, with
God's
help, we
calmly accepted our
lot, then we
found we could
live at
peace with ourselves and
show others who still
suffered
the same
fears that they could get over them, too.
15.
... suffered unjust
criticism from A.A. groups.
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
For this
reason, some very
good causes and all
connected with them
suffered
unjust criticism from
A.A. groups.
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