From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
Click
to display the full page from the Big Book1.
... forgive and
forget.
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
2.
... forgive and
try to forget.
BB p.106,
To Wives
3.
... forgive others,
no matter how deeply we ...
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
Often it was while working on this Step with our
sponsors or spiritual
advisers that we first felt truly able to forgive others, no matter how deeply we felt they had wronged us.
4.
... forgive our
derelictions.
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
5.
... forgive than
to be forgiven.
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
He thought it better to
give comfort than to receive it; better to understand than to be understood; better to
forgive than to be forgiven.
6.
... forgive when
the fault is elsewhere.
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.
Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous
and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
The A.A. Preamble, copyright ©
The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.
Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or
endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.
Copyright © 2005-2012, Recovery Press LLC; All Rights Reserved.