From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
CONTENTION occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... contention.
BB p.118,
To Wives
If your
husband is
trying
to
live on a
spiritual basis, he will also be doing
everything in his
power to
avoid disagreement or
contention.
2.
... contention or
argument.
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
Nothing would
please us
so much as to
write a book which would
contain no
basis for
contention or
argument.
3.
... contention within
our Fellowship than professionalism.
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
Despite this
certainty, it is nevertheless
true that few
subjects have
been the
cause of more
contention within our
Fellowship than
professionalism.
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