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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... suggest..."
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
But the
majority experience in
A.A. does
seem to
suggest..."
2.
... suggest.
BB p.144,
To Employers
Perhaps you are not
quite
in
sympathy with the
approach we
suggest.
3.
... suggest a
definite course of action.
BB p.142,
To Employers
4.
... suggest a
useful program for anyone concerned ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
5.
... suggest a
visit from you.
BB p.91,
Working With Others
When your
man is
better, the
doctor might
suggest a
visit from you.
6.
... suggest he
read this book or at ...
BB p.111,
To Wives
When a
discussion does
arise, you might
suggest he
read this
book or at
least the
chapter on
alcoholism.
7.
Suggest how
important it is that he ...
BB p.94,
Working With Others
Suggest how
important it
is that he
place the
welfare of
other people ahead of his
own.
8.
... suggest how
they may be avoided -- even ...
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
9.
... suggest is
entire abstinence.
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
The only
relief we have to
suggest is
entire abstinence.
10.
... suggest that
we ought to take our ...
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
Good judgment will suggest that we
ought to
take our
time.
11.
... suggest that
you both take an interest ...
BB p.112,
To Wives
You might
suggest that you
both take an
interest in them.
12.
... suggest that
you direct some of your ...
BB p.119,
To Wives
We
suggest that you
direct
some of your
thought to the
wives of his
new alcoholic friends.
13.
... suggest you
do this as we have ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
We
suggest you do this as we have
done it in the
chapter on
alcoholism.
14.
... suggest you
draw the book to the ...
BB p.144,
To Employers
We
suggest you
draw the
book to the
attention of the
doctor who is to
attend
your
patient during treatment.
15.
... suggest you
leave him alone.
BB p.113,
To Wives
If he is
lukewarm or
thinks he is not an
alcoholic, we
suggest you
leave him
alone.
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