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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
TENDENCY occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... tendency to
eat sweets and have found ...
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
Many of us have
noticed a
tendency to
eat sweets and have
found this
practice beneficial.
2.
... tendency to
rationalize have distorted his so-called ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
He may have
forgotten the
possibility that his
own wishful thinking and the
human tendency to
rationalize have
distorted his so-called
guidance.
3.
... tendency to
take advantage of intimate information.
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
This is a
condition which, in
ordinary life, would
produce untold grief; there might be
scandalous gossip,
laughter at the
expense of
other people, and a
tendency to take
advantage of
intimate information.
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