From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
CONCLUSIONS occurs
4 times
(
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1.
... conclusions.
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
Many
doctors and
psychiatrists agree
with our
conclusions.
2.
... conclusions.
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
It is not by
chance we were
given the
power to
reason, to
examine the
evidence of our
senses, and
to
draw conclusions.
3.
... conclusions did not require action; they required ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
These
conclusions did not
require action; they
required only
acceptance.
4.
... conclusions: that his character defects, representing instincts ...
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
By now the
newcomer has
probably arrived at the
following conclusions: that
his
character defects,
representing instincts gone astray, have been the
primary cause of his
drinking and his
failure
at
life; that
unless he is
now
willing to
work hard at the
elimination of
the
worst of these
defects, both
sobriety and
peace of
mind will still
elude him; that all the
faulty
foundation of his
life
will have to be
torn out and
built anew on
bedrock.
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