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

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PRETTY   occurs   10 times 5 in BB  •  5 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... pretty badly mangled before they really commence ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.43
Most alcoholics have to be pretty badly mangled before they really commence to solve their problems.


2.
  ... pretty drastic.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.42
But the program of action, though entirely sensible, was pretty drastic.


3.
  ... pretty foggy, and he's very suspicious of ...  12&12 Tradition Five, p.152
He's had a bad case of D.T.'s, he's pretty foggy, and he's very suspicious of everybody.


4.
  ... pretty good women, capable of being nicer ...  BB To Wives, p.116
We thought, on the whole, we were pretty good women, capable of being nicer if our husbands stopped drinking.


5.
  ... pretty intolerant.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.140
Maybe you think we oldtimers were pretty intolerant.


6.
  ... pretty messy ones.  BB To Employers, p.140
Your man has probably been trying to conceal a number of scrapes, perhaps pretty messy ones.


7.
  ... pretty naive to them.  12&12 Tradition Two, p.132
The friends mutter that this looks vague, nebulous, pretty naive to them.


8.
  ... pretty nice people all along, except for ...  12&12 Step Four, p.45
If we were pretty nice people all along, except for our drinking, what need is there for a moral inventory now that we are sober?


9.
  ... pretty severe shock when we realized that ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.78
We got a pretty severe shock when we realized that we were preparing to make a face-to-face admission of our wretched conduct to those we had hurt.


10.
  ... pretty strong opinions, perhaps prejudices.  BB To Employers, p.139
Whether you are a hard drinker, a moderate drinker or a teetotaler, you may have some pretty strong opinions, perhaps prejudices.


The 164 and More™ Book, eBook, and Web Site are all CONCORDANCES which display passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous, the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, and the A.A. Grapevine (A.A. Preamble only).  Sorting and rendering passages in the proprietary format of the 164 and More concordance does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous World Services Inc., or the A.A. Grapevine, Inc.  Further A.A.W.S. Inc. and the A.A. Grapevine Inc. have no objection to the use of this material in the 164 and More concordance.

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