From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... suggestion: Carry
this message to other alcoholics!
BB p.89,
Working With Others
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
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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