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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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... gaining a new perspective was unbelievably painful.   12&12 p.72, Step Seven
For us, the process of gaining a new perspective was unbelievably painful.

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... gaining in humility.   12&12 p.48, Step Four
For we had started to get perspective on ourselves, which is another way of saying that we were gaining in humility.

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... gaining true independence of the spirit.   12&12 p.36, Step Three
Therefore dependence, as A.A. practices it, is really a means of gaining true independence of the spirit.


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.

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