From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
UNEXPECTED occurs
5 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... unexpected happens.
BB p.78,
Into Action
In
nine cases out of
ten the
unexpected happens.
2.
... unexpected problems
are not the only ones ...
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
Disagreeable or
unexpected problems are not the
only
ones that call for
self-
control.
3.
... unexpected result
was that our husbands seemed ...
BB p.106,
To Wives
The
unexpected result was
that our
husbands seemed
to like it.
4.
... unexpected results
followed, we felt different; in ...
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
Of
course we finally did
experiment, and when
unexpected results followed, we
felt different; in
fact we
knew different; and so we
were
sold on
meditation
and
prayer.
5.
... unexpected turns
for the better as he ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
Almost any
experienced A.A. will tell how his
affairs
have
taken remarkable
and
unexpected turns for the
better as he
tried to
improve his
conscious contact with
God.
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