From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
WALKING occurs
6 times
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1.
... walking.
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
Then we
learn,
often to our
consternation, that this is only the
first milestone on the
new road we are
walking.
2.
... walking.
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
Our
behavior is as
absurd and
incomprehensible with
respect to the
first drink as that of an
individual with a
passion,
say, for
jay-
walking.
3.
... walking for
good, but in a few ...
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
He
tells you he has
decided to
stop jay-
walking for
good, but in a
few weeks he
breaks both legs.
4.
... walking hand
in hand with the Spirit ...
BB p.75,
Into Action
We
feel we are on the
Broad
Highway,
walking hand in
hand with the
Spirit of the
Universe.
5.
... walking idea
out of his head.
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
6.
... walking, the
illustration would fit us exactly.
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
We, who have been
through the
wringer, have to
admit if we
substituted alcoholism for
jay-
walking, the
illustration
would
fit us
exactly.
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