From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... gains, and
we have lost nothing.
12&12 p.171,
Tradition Eight
2.
... gains we
make under the influence of ...
12&12 p.58,
Step Five
More realism and therefore more honesty about ourselves
are the great gains we make under the influence of Step Five.
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