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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
HARMONY occurs
6 times
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1.
... harmony?
BB p.61,
How It Works
Is he not, even in his
best moments, a
producer of
confusion rather than
harmony?
2.
... harmony and
good effect.
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
But it was by no
means sure
that such
great numbers of
yet erratic people could
live and
work together with
harmony and
good effect.
3.
... harmony --
that where there is error, I ...
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.
4.
... harmony, truth,
faith, hope, light, and joy ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
Then he
asked for the
grace
to bring
love,
forgiveness,
harmony,
truth,
faith,
hope,
light, and
joy to every
human being he
could.
5.
... harmony, what
was to become of our ...
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
If
strong people were
stalemated in the
search
for
peace and
harmony, what
was to
become of our
erratic band of
alcoholics?
6.
... harmony with
practically anybody.
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
Courtesy,
kindness,
justice, and
love are the
keynotes by which we may
come
into
harmony with
practically anybody.
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