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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
WEAK occurs
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1.
... weak."
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
"His will
power must be
weak."
2.
... weak, and
sober but a few months, ...
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
Still
physically weak,
and
sober but a few
months,
he saw that his
predicament was
dangerous.
3.
... weak character.
BB p.115,
To Wives
You will no
longer be
self-
conscious or
feel that you
must apologize as though your
husband were a
weak character.
4.
... weak, even
cowardly.
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
We were
bothered with the
thought that
faith and
dependence upon a
Power beyond ourselves was somewhat
weak, even
cowardly.
5.
... weak folks.
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
It's a
lot of
malarkey for
weak folks.
6.
... weak items
in our personal inventory.
BB p.72,
Into Action
We have
admitted certain defects; we have
ascertained in a
rough
way what the
trouble is; we have
put our
finger on the
weak items in our
personal inventory.
7.
... weak moment
he may take your dislike ...
BB p.120,
To Wives
In a
weak moment he may take
your
dislike of his
high-
stepping friends as one of
those
insanely trivial
excuses to
drink.
8.
... weak one,
failing to meet life's responsibilities ...
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
9.
... weak, stupid
and irresponsible.
BB p.139,
To Employers
When
dealing with an
alcoholic, there may be a
natural annoyance that a
man could be so
weak,
stupid and
irresponsible.
10.
... weak will?
BB p.140,
To Employers
Can you
discard the
feeling that you are
dealing only with
habit, with
stubbornness, or a
weak will?
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