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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
TEMPTED occurs
7 times
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1.
... tempted by
the bait, we should train ...
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
When we are
tempted by the
bait, we should
train ourselves
to
step back and
think.
2.
... tempted into,
controversy.
12&12 p.176,
Tradition Ten
All
history affords us
the
spectacle of
striving nations and
groups finally
torn asunder because they were
designed for, or
tempted
into,
controversy.
3.
... tempted to
let him do so.
BB p.95,
Working With Others
Sometimes a new
man is
anxious to
proceed at once,
and you may be
tempted to let him do so.
4.
... tempted to
run things without reference to ...
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
5.
... tempted to
use the name Alcoholics Anonymous ...
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
6.
... tempted, we
recoil from it as from ...
BB p.84,
Into Action
If
tempted, we
recoil from
it as from a
hot flame.
7.
... tempted will
be noticed.
BB p.120,
To Wives
The
slightest disposition on your
part
to
guide his
appointments or his
affairs so he will not be
tempted will be
noticed.
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