From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... defeat?
12&12 p.21,
Step One
2.
... defeat.
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
3.
... defeat are
we able to take our ...
12&12 p.21,
Step One
We perceive that only through utter defeat are we able to take our first steps toward liberation and strength.
4.
... defeat, have
acquired the rudiments of faith, ...
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
So it is by circumstance rather than by any virtue that we have been driven to A.A., have admitted defeat, have acquired the rudiments
of faith, and now want to make a decision to turn our will and our lives over to a Higher Power.
5.
... defeat is
the main taproot from which ...
12&12 p.22,
Step One
The principle that we shall find no enduring strength until we first admit complete defeat is the main taproot from which our whole Society has sprung and flowered.
6.
... defeat, most
of us revolted.
12&12 p.22,
Step One
7.
Defeat seemed
certain.
BB p.113,
To Wives
8.
... defeat we
were bitter.
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
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