From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... telling evidence
of the profound change that ...
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
2.
... telling her
that men of genius conceived ...
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
We had long talks when I
would still her forebodings by telling her
that men of genius conceived their best projects when drunk; that
the most majestic constructions of philosophic thought
were so derived.
3.
... telling him
that while his religious convictions ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
This hope, however, was destroyed by the doctor's
telling him that while his religious convictions
were very good, in his case they did not spell the necessary vital spiritual experience.
4.
... telling Him
what it ought to be.
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
At no time had we asked what God's will was for us; instead we
had been telling Him what it ought to be.
5.
... telling me
the truth.
12&12 p.26,
Step Two
6.
... telling ourselves
the time is not yet, ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
Or we may just procrastinate, telling
ourselves the time is not
yet, when in reality we have
already passed up many a fine chance to right a serious wrong.
7.
Telling them
what we are trying to ...
BB p.78,
Into Action
Telling them what we are trying to do, we make no bones about our drinking; they usually know it anyway, whether we think so or not.
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