From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
ERROR occurs
5 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... error.
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
We had
discovered that there was
perfect safety in the
process of
trial and
error.
2.
... error, I
may bring truth -- that where ...
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
"
Lord, make me a
channel of
thy peace -- that where there
is
hatred, I may bring
love
-- that where there is
wrong, I may bring the
spirit of
forgiveness --
that where there is
discord, I may bring
harmony -- that where there is
error, I may bring
truth -- that
where there is
doubt, I may bring
faith -- that where there is
despair, I may bring
hope --
that where there are
shadows, I may bring
light -- that where there is
sadness, I may bring
joy.
3.
... error in
selecting the most workable tenets ...
12&12 p.16,
Foreword
4.
... error of
our old ways, for these ...
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
We
need not be
discouraged when we
fall
into the
error of our
old ways, for these
disciplines are not
easy.
5.
... error which,
under the grace of God, ...
12&12 p.146,
Tradition Four
These very
deviations created a
vast process of
trial and
error which, under the
grace of
God, has brought us to where we
stand today.
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