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

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CRY   occurs   10 times 3 in BB  •  7 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
See also...   cries
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1.
  ... cry, are caused by the behavior of ...  12&12 Step Four, p.45
Our present anxieties and troubles, we cry, are caused by the behavior of other people -- people who really need a moral inventory.


2.
  ... cry: "Do these oldtimers think they can ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.133
Still more important, murmurs are heard in the body politic, which swell into a loud cry: "Do these oldtimers think they can run this group forever?


3.
  ... cry for money and shelter before conquering ...  BB Working With Others, p.98
The men who cry for money and shelter before conquering alcohol, are on the wrong track.


4.
  ... cry for sex and more sex; who ...  BB How It Works, p.69
Then we have the voices who cry for sex and more sex; who bewail the institution of marriage; who think that most of the troubles of the race are traceable to sex causes.


5.
  ... cry from permanent sobriety and a contented, ...  12&12 Step Three, p.39
More sobriety brought about by the admission of alcoholism and by attendance at a few meetings is very good indeed, but it is bound to be a far cry from permanent sobriety and a contented, useful life.


6.
  ... cry out, "Look what you people have ...  12&12 Step Two, p.25
How often have we heard them cry out, "Look what you people have done to us!


7.
  ... cry "Professionalism! That guy is making money ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.170
More often than not, these onslaughts were spearheaded by the cry "Professionalism! That guy is making money out of A.A.!"


8.
  ... cry that sex is a lust of ...  BB How It Works, p.68
One set of voices cry that sex is a lust of our lower nature, a base necessity of procreation.


9.
  ... cry, "There oughtta be a law!"  12&12 Tradition Six, p.157
Watching alcoholics committed willy-nilly to prisons or asylums, we began to cry, "There oughtta be a law!"


10.
  ... cry, "This I will never give up!"  12&12 Step Six, p.66
And we shall often tread on even more dangerous ground when we cry, "This I will never give up!"


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