From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
LESSON occurs
7 times
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1.
... lesson!"
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
Let him
try it by himself for once; maybe he'll
learn a
lesson!"
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
This was our
first lesson in
the
practical application of
anonymity.
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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