From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
UNHAPPY occurs
7 times
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Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... unhappy.
BB p.74,
Into Action
It may be one of our
own family, but we cannot
disclose anything to our
wives or our
parents which
will
hurt them and make them
unhappy.
2.
... unhappy.
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
Today's
life is
measured against that of other
years and, when it
falls short, the
family may be
unhappy.
3.
... unhappy and
threaten his newfound sobriety.
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
They
simply will not
budge;
they make him
desperately unhappy and
threaten his
newfound sobriety.
4.
Unhappy drinkers
who read this page will ...
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
Unhappy drinkers who
read this
page will
understand!
5.
... unhappy lives
which were the direct result ...
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
6.
... unhappy scenes
in our sumptuous apartment.
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
There were many
unhappy scenes in our
sumptuous apartment.
7.
... unhappy, we
couldn't seem to be of ...
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
We were having
trouble with
personal relationships, we couldn't
control our
emotional natures, we were a
prey to
misery and
depression, we
couldn't make a
living, we had a
feeling of
uselessness,
we were
full of
fear, we were
unhappy, we couldn't
seem to
be of
real help to other
people -- was not a
basic solution of these
bedevilments more
important than whether we should see
newsreels of
lunar flight?
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