From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DISCOVERY occurs
7 times
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1.
... discovery, any
doctor would set his other ...
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
In the
radiance of such a
miraculous discovery, any
doctor would
set his other
ambitions aside, at
whatever
personal cost.
2.
... discovery; how
cruel to be told they ...
BB p.106,
To Wives
How
heartbreaking was this
discovery; how
cruel to be told
they
understood our
men
as we did not!
3.
... discovery is
made -- that most individuals cannot ...
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
The
moment this
Twelfth
Step work forms a
group, another
discovery is made -- that most
individuals cannot
recover unless there is a
group.
4.
... discovery of
God.
BB p.116,
To Wives
Time after
time, this
apparent calamity has
been a
boon to us, for it
opened up a
path which
led to the
discovery of
God.
5.
... discovery that
spiritual principles would solve all ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
"Quite as
important was the
discovery that
spiritual principles would
solve all
my
problems.
6.
... discovery that
they are really servants, not ...
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
And so they make the
belated discovery that they are really
servants, not
senators.
7.
... discovery to
some newcomer.
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
Seeing much of each other,
scarce an
evening passed that
someone's
home did not
shelter a
little gathering of
men and
women,
happy in their
release, and
constantly
thinking how they might
present their
discovery to
some
newcomer.
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