From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
AMBITION occurs
7 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... ambition?
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
Isn't it
true that we like to let
greed masquerade as
ambition?
2.
... ambition, and
leadership.
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
3.
... ambition has
no place in A.A.
12&12 p.183,
Tradition Eleven
This
Tradition is a
constant and
practical
reminder that
personal
ambition has no place in
A.A.
4.
... ambition is
not what we thought it ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
True ambition is not what we
thought it was.
5.
... ambition is
the deep desire to live ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
True ambition is the
deep desire to
live usefully and
walk humbly under the
grace of
God.
6.
... ambition that
I double-crossed and undercut my ...
12&12 p.51,
Step Four
Did I have such
unprincipled ambition that I
double-
crossed and
undercut my
associates?
7.
... ambition to
win the battle of life.
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
As to our
grandiose behavior, we
insisted
that we had been
possessed of
nothing but a
high and
legitimate ambition to
win the
battle of
life.
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