From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
WISE occurs
10 times
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1.
... wise.
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
Time out of
mind we've been
dependent upon somebody, usually
money-
wise.
2.
... wise.
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
When we had
agreed that the
Twelfth Step couldn't be
sold for
money, we had been
wise.
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
Sometimes it is
wise to
wait
till he
goes on a
binge.
10.
... wise to
write out our questions and ...
12&12 p.54,
Step Four
In this
connection, it is
wise to
write out our
questions and
answers.
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