From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... depended upon
God, we couldn't very well ...
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
If we really depended upon God, we couldn't very well play God to our fellows nor would we feel the urge wholly to rely on human protection and care.
2.
... depended, were
taken from us by so-called ...
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
3.
... depended were
the result of noting the ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
The basic principles of
A.A., as they are known today, were borrowed mainly from the fields of religion and medicine, though some ideas upon which success finally depended were the result of noting the behavior and needs of the Fellowship itself.
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