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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
TRAITS occurs
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1.
... traits.
BB p.61,
How It Works
But, as with most
humans, he is more
likely to have
varied traits.
2.
... traits as
these into shop, office, and ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
When we take such
personality traits as these into
shop,
office, and the
society of
our
fellows, they can do
damage almost as
extensive
as that we have
caused at
home.
3.
... traits, if
any, this group of alcoholics ...
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
The
doctors weren't
trying to find how
different we were from one another; they
sought to find whatever
personality traits, if
any, this
group of
alcoholics had in
common.
4.
... traits in
us injured and disturbed others, ...
12&12 p.81,
Step Eight
Having
carefully surveyed this
whole area of
human relations, and having
decided exactly what
personality traits in us
injured and
disturbed
others, we can now
commence to
ransack memory for the
people to whom we have
given offense.
5.
... traits of
the alcoholic.
BB p.92,
Working With Others
You will soon have your
friend admitting he has many, if not all, of the
traits of the
alcoholic.
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