From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... worry.
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
2.
... worry.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
3.
... worry about
them if we can honestly ...
BB p.83,
Into Action
4.
... worry about
those who might find out ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
5.
... worry and
hurt feelings is a wonderful ...
BB p.116,
To Wives
When we do that, we find it solves our problems too;
the ensuing lack of fear, worry and hurt feelings is a wonderful thing.
6.
... worry and
suffering.
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
They experienced a few
distressing failures, but in those cases they made an effort to bring the man's family into a spiritual way of living, thus relieving much worry and suffering.
7.
... worry, anger,
self-pity, and depression.
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
8.
... worry, depression,
jealousy or the like.
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
In some circumstances we have gone out deliberately to get drunk, feeling ourselves justified by
nervousness, anger,
worry, depression, jealousy or the like.
9.
... worry over
what other people are thinking ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
If your husband is a drinker, you probably
worry over what other people are thinking and you hate to meet your friends.
10.
... worry, remorse
or morbid reflection, for that ...
BB p.86,
Into Action
But we must be careful not
to drift into worry, remorse or morbid reflection, for that would diminish our usefulness
to others.
11.
... worry, self-pity,
or foolish decisions.
BB p.88,
Into Action
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