From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... brighter, more
glittering achievements are denied us?
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
Can we steadfastly content ourselves with
the humbler, yet sometimes more durable, satisfactions when the brighter, more glittering achievements are denied
us?
2.
... brighter than
most folks (so we thought), ...
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
Since we were brighter than most folks (so we thought), the spoils of victory would be
ours for the thinking.
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