From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... defeated.
12&12 p.166,
Tradition Eight
Every time we have tried to professionalize our Twelfth Step, the result has been exactly the
same: Our single purpose has been defeated.
2.
... defeated.
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
3.
... defeated by
an attitude of intolerance or ...
BB p.568(570),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
4.
... defeated drinkers
will seize upon it, to ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
Our hope is that when this chip of a book is launched on the world tide of alcoholism, defeated drinkers will seize upon it, to follow its suggestions.
5.
... defeated us,
we considered its common manifestations.
BB p.64,
How It Works
Being convinced that self, manifested in various ways, was what had
defeated us, we considered its common manifestations.
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