From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... twisted or
broken relationship with another person, ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
The moment we ponder a
twisted or broken relationship with another person, our emotions go on the defensive.
2.
... twisted or
violent you may be.
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
3.
... twisted relations
with family, friends, and society ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
But it is from our twisted relations with family, friends, and society at large that many of us have suffered the most.
4.
... twisted thinking
and depression vanish in a ...
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
Now about health: A body badly burned by alcohol does not
often recover overnight nor do twisted thinking and depression vanish in a twinkling.
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