From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... determination and
courage he can muster.
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
By now, though, the chances are that he has become convinced that he
has more problems than alcohol, and that some of these refuse to be solved by all
the sheer personal determination and courage he can
muster.
2.
... determination bore
fruit in the spring of ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
3.
... determination in
all his other concerns, yet ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
The story he told is most instructive, for here was
a chap absolutely convinced he had to stop drinking, who had no excuse for drinking, who exhibited splendid judgment and determination in
all his other concerns,
yet was flat on his back nevertheless.
4.
... determination to
win came back.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
5.
... determination until
it became our universal tradition.
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
One dramatic experience after another clinched this
determination until it became our universal tradition.
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