From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... dream.
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
As he gets older and sees the impossibility
of this, he can smile good-naturedly at his childhood dream.
2.
... dream, could
laugh at himself -- and that ...
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
Even the chief architect, standing in
the ruins of his dream, could
laugh at himself -- and
that is the very acme of humility.
3.
... dream of
taking.
12&12 p.24,
Step One
For practicing A.A.'s remaining eleven Steps means the adoption of attitudes
and actions that almost
no alcoholic who is still drinking can dream of taking.
4.
... dream still
greater dreams.
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
5.
... dream those
dreams.
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
6.
... dream world
has been replaced by a ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
This dream world has been replaced by a great sense of purpose, accompanied by a growing consciousness
of the power of God in our lives.
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