From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SUGGESTION occurs
5 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... suggestion: Carry
this message to other alcoholics!
BB p.89,
Working With Others
This is our
twelfth suggestion:
Carry this
message to other
alcoholics!
2.
... suggestion of
such a thing never fails ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
Even the
suggestion of such a thing
never fails to
whip up a
hurricane, and we
have
discovered that
hurricanes have a way of
mauling with
equal severity both the just and the
unjust.
3.
... suggestion only.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
We
intend the
foregoing
as a
helpful suggestion
only.
4.
... suggestion that
they are in fact mentally ...
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
Some will be
willing to
term themselves "
problem drinkers," but cannot
endure the
suggestion that they
are in
fact mentally ill.
5.
... suggestion: Whether
the family has spiritual convictions ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
One more
suggestion: Whether the
family has
spiritual convictions or not, they may do well to
examine the
principles
by which the
alcoholic member is
trying to
live.
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