From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
INDEPENDENCE occurs
6 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... independence.
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
But
suppose that
instinct still
cries out, as
it
certainly will, "Yes,
respecting alcohol, I
guess I have to be
dependent upon
A.A., but in
all other
matters I
must
still
maintain my
independence.
2.
... independence in
such matters.
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
Nobody is
going to
meddle with our
personal
independence in such
matters.
3.
... independence is
in question, how differently we ...
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
But the
moment our
mental
or
emotional independence
is in
question, how
differently we
behave.
4.
... independence looked
more important than a right ...
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
When a
job still
looked like
a
mere means of
getting money rather than an
opportunity for
service, when the
acquisition of
money for
financial independence looked more
important than
a
right dependence upon
God, we were still the
victims of
unreasonable fears.
5.
... 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.
6.
... independence part
of its tradition, Alcoholics Anonymous ...
12&12 p.165,
Tradition Seven
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