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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
TERRIFIC occurs
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1.
... terrific aversion
to dropping money into a ...
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
2.
... terrific beating
administered by alcohol, the grace ...
12&12 p.64,
Step Six
As they are
humbled by the
terrific beating administered by
alcohol, the
grace of
God can
enter them and
expel their
obsession.
3.
... terrific consequences
might be.
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
We now see that when we
began to
drink deliberately,
instead of
casually, there was
little serious or
effective thought during
the
period of
premeditation of what the
terrific consequences might
be.
4.
... terrific hangover
because he drank heavily yesterday, ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
When a
drunk has a
terrific
hangover because he
drank
heavily yesterday, he
cannot
live well
today.
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