From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... conclusions.
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
2.
... conclusions.
BB p.53,
We Agnostics
It is not by chance we were given the power to reason, to examine the evidence of our senses, and
to draw conclusions.
3.
... conclusions did
not require action; they required ...
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
4.
... conclusions: that
his character defects, representing instincts ...
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
By now the newcomer has probably arrived at the following conclusions: that
his character defects,
representing instincts gone astray, have been the primary cause of his drinking and his failure
at life; that unless he is
now willing to work hard at the elimination of the worst
of these defects, both sobriety and peace of mind will still elude him; that all the
faulty foundation of
his life will have to be torn out and built anew on bedrock.
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