From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... wise.
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
2.
... wise.
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
3.
... wise and
prudent hands -- there are doors ...
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
I suspect that if it is wisely handled -- and it seems to be in wise and prudent hands -- there are doors of opportunity ahead of this project that
may surpass our capacities to imagine."
4.
... wise family
will admire him for what ...
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
But the wise family will admire him for what he is
trying to be, rather than
for what he is trying to get.
5.
... wise, for
I showed signs of delirium ...
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
6.
... wise have
always known that no one ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching becomes a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong.
7.
... wise remark
to the effect that experience ...
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
Henry Ford once made a wise remark to the effect that experience is
the thing of supreme value in life.
8.
... wise to
approach an individual, who still ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
It is seldom wise to approach an individual,
who still smarts from our
injustice to him, and announce that we have gone religious.
9.
... wise to
wait till he goes on ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
10.
... wise to
write out our questions and ...
12&12 p.54,
Step Four
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