From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... lesson!"
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
2.
... lesson.
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
3.
... lesson.
BB p.70,
How It Works
If we are sorry for what we have done, and have the honest desire to let God take us to better things, we believe we will be forgiven and will have learned our lesson.
4.
... lesson in
the practical application of anonymity.
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
5.
... lesson that
overdependence upon people is unsuccessful ...
12&12 p.115,
Step Twelve
We had refused to learn
the very hard lesson that overdependence
upon people is unsuccessful because
all people are fallible,
and even the best of them will sometimes let us down, especially when our demands for attention become unreasonable.
6.
... lesson to
be learned from the Washingtonians ...
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
7.
... lesson," when
we really want to punish.
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
We sometimes hurt those we love because they need to be "taught a lesson," when we really want to punish.
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