From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... backward and
try to discover where we ...
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have
been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to repair the damage we have done; and third, having thus cleaned away the debris of the past, we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop
the best possible relations with every human being we know.
2.
... backward into
disillusionment.
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
If we place instincts first, we have got the cart before the horse; we shall be pulled backward into disillusionment.
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