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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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DEVELOP   occurs   12 times 3 in BB  •  9 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... develop.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.119
It is only where "boy meets girl on A.A. campus," and love follows at first sight, that difficulties may develop.


2.
  ... develop a wet brain, perhaps within a ...  BB Bill's Story, p.7
My weary and despairing wife was informed that it would all end with heart failure during delirium tremens, or I would develop a wet brain, perhaps within a year.


3.
  ... develop hurt feelings, a sense of persecution, ...  12&12 Step Four, p.53
Then we develop hurt feelings, a sense of persecution, and a desire to retaliate.


4.
  ... develop much more of this precious quality ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.70
Nearly all A.A.'s have found, too, that unless they develop much more of this precious quality than may be required just for sobriety, they still haven't much chance of becoming truly happy.


5.
  ... develop slowly over a period of time.  BB Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.567
Most of our experiences are what the psychologist William James calls the "educational variety" because they develop slowly over a period of time.


6.
  ... develop such an obsession for financial security ...  12&12 Step Four, p.43
Another may develop such an obsession for financial security that he wants to do nothing but hoard money.


7.
  ... develop the best possible public relations policy ...  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.180
Therefore, a great responsibility fell upon us to develop the best possible public relations policy for Alcoholics Anonymous.


8.
  ... develop the best possible relations with every ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.77
First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to repair the damage we have done; and third, having thus cleaned away the debris of the past, we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop the best possible relations with every human being we know.


9.
  ... develop the quality of willingness.  12&12 Step Three, p.40
All by himself, and in the light of his own circumstances, he needs to develop the quality of willingness.


10.
  ... develop the sense of being in partnership ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.116
It became clear that if we ever were to feel emotionally secure among grown-up people, we would have to put our lives on a give-and-take basis; we would have to develop the sense of being in partnership or brotherhood with all those around us.


11.
  ... develop this vital sixth sense.  BB Into Action, p.85
We have begun to develop this vital sixth sense.


12.
  ... develop which work against marriage partnership and ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.117
When alcoholism strikes, very unnatural situations may develop which work against marriage partnership and compatible union.


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