BENEFIT in Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions

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

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BENEFIT occurs 6 times (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)

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... benefit. 12&12 p.96, Step Eleven

To be sure, we feel it is something that might help us to meet an occasional emergency, but at first many of us are apt to regard it as a somewhat mysterious skill of clergymen, from which we may hope to get a secondhand benefit.

... benefit. 12&12 p.98, Step Eleven

Taken separately, these practices can bring much relief and benefit.

... benefit. BB xxviii(xxvi), The Doctor's Opinion

Of course an alcoholic ought to be freed from his physical craving for liquor, and this often requires a definite hospital procedure, before psychological measures can be of maximum benefit.

... benefit of contact with you who wrote ... BB p.164, A Vision For You

Still you may say: "But I will not have the benefit of contact with you who wrote this book."

... benefit of talking to another person is ... 12&12 p.60, Step Five

The benefit of talking to another person is that we can get his direct comment and counsel on our situation, and there can be no doubt in our minds what that advice is.

... benefit others. BB p.84, Into Action

No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.

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