From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... ambitions aside,
at whatever personal cost.
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
In the radiance of such a
miraculous discovery, any doctor would set his other ambitions aside, at whatever personal cost.
2.
... ambitions of
others seem to be realized ...
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
Unreasonable fear that
our instincts will not be
satisfied drives us to
covet the possessions
of others, to lust for sex and power, to become angry when our instinctive demands are
threatened, to be envious when the ambitions of
others seem to be realized while ours are not.
3.
... ambitions, our
personal, or sex relations, which ...
BB p.65,
How It Works
Was it our self-esteem, our
security, our ambitions,
our personal, or sex relations, which had been interfered with?
4.
... ambitions, our
personal relationships (including sex) were ...
BB p.64,
How It Works
In most cases it was found
that our self-esteem, our pocketbooks, our ambitions, our personal relationships (including sex) were hurt or threatened.
5.
... ambitions within
him must be silenced whenever ...
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
He learns that the clamor
of desires and ambitions within him must be silenced whenever these
could damage the group.
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