From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
EQUAL occurs
5 times
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1.
... 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)
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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