From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... equal misgivings,
can testify that anyone, anyone ...
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
Fortunately, we who have tried it, and with equal misgivings, can testify
that anyone, anyone at
all, can begin to do it.
2.
... equal service
authority, with the scope of ...
BB p.575,
Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)
X. Every service responsibility should be matched by an equal service authority, with
the scope of such authority well defined.
3.
... equal severity
both the just and the ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
Even the suggestion of
such a thing never fails to whip up a hurricane, and we have discovered that hurricanes have a way of mauling with equal severity both the just and the unjust.
4.
... equal to
the best of today.
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
Students of ancient history tell us that the intellect of men in those days was equal to the best of today.
5.
... equal willingness
to forgive when the fault ...
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
In all these situations we need self-restraint, honest analysis of what is involved, a willingness to admit when
the fault is ours, and an
equal willingness to forgive when the fault is elsewhere.
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