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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SURPRISING occurs
3 times
(
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1.
... surprising extent,
A.A. has offset the damage ...
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
To a
surprising extent,
A.A. has
offset the
damage to
family life brought about by
years of
alcoholism.
2.
... surprising that
our drinking careers have been ...
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
Therefore, it is not
surprising that our
drinking careers have been
characterized by
countless vain attempts to
prove we could
drink like other people.
3.
... surprising that
we often tend to slight ...
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
So it isn't
surprising that we often
tend to
slight serious meditation and
prayer as something not really
necessary.
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