From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... absolute certainty
that our Creator has entered ...
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into
our hearts and lives in a
way which is indeed miraculous.
2.
... absolute helplessness,
you now declare that none ...
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
Having reduced us to a state of absolute helplessness, you now declare that none but a Higher Power can remove our obsession.
3.
... absolute humiliation.
12&12 p.21,
Step One
4.
... absolute necessity
of demonstrating these principles in ...
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
My friend had emphasized the absolute necessity of demonstrating these principles in all my affairs.
5.
... absolute perfection.
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Only Step One, where we made the 100 percent admission we were
powerless over alcohol, can be practiced
with absolute perfection.
6.
... absolute sense
practically nobody has it.
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
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