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


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1.
... confusion.   12&12 p.28, Step Two
Obviously, the dilemma of the wanderer from faith is that of profound confusion.

2.
... confusion.   12&12 p.111, Step Twelve
Then we are hurt and confused when the advice is rejected, or when it is accepted and brings still greater confusion.

3.
... confusion compounded.   12&12 p.149, Tradition Four
It was a beehive of activity, all right, but unlike a beehive, it was confusion compounded.

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... confusion over the names these defects should ...   12&12 p.48, Step Four
To avoid falling into confusion over the names these defects should be called, let's take a universally recognized list of major human failings -- the Seven Deadly Sins of pride, greed, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth.


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... confusion rather than harmony?   BB p.61, How It Works   Go to page 61 in the Big Book
Is he not, even in his best moments, a producer of confusion rather than harmony?

6.
Confusion replaced serenity.   12&12 p.148, Tradition Four
Confusion replaced serenity.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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