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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DETERMINATION occurs
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1.
... 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
This
determination bore fruit in the
spring of
1939 by the
publication of
this
volume.
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
As I
drank, the
old fierce determination to
win came back.
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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