From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... blindness by
a world which does not ...
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
They are abetted in this blindness by a world which does not
understand the difference between sane drinking and alcoholism.
2.
... blindness to
the true purpose of our ...
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
This lack of anchorage to
any permanent values, this blindness to the
true purpose of our lives, produced another bad result.
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