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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SAD occurs
2 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... sad state of the nation; the minister ...
BB p.61,
How It Works
He is like the
retired business man who
lolls in the
Florida sunshine in the
winter complaining of the
sad state of the
nation; the
minister who
sighs over the
sins of the
twentieth century;
politicians
and
reformers who are
sure all would be
Utopia if the
rest of the
world would only
behave; the
outlaw safe cracker who
thinks society has
wronged him; and the
alcoholic who has
lost all
and is
locked up.
2.
... sad wives and parents -- anyone can increase ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
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