From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
LESSONS occurs
4 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... lessons for
living were learned, new resources ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
He will also
report that out of every
season of
grief or
suffering, when the
hand of
God seemed heavy or even
unjust, new
lessons for
living were
learned, new
resources of
courage were
uncovered, and that finally,
inescapably, the
conviction came that
God does "
move in a
mysterious way His
wonders to
perform."
2.
... lessons it
learned.
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
Moreover, it had
performed a
great service for
Alcoholics Anonymous,
because it had been
humbly willing to
apply the
lessons it
learned.
3.
... lessons of
an incredible experience.
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
By
faith and by
works we
have been able to
build upon the
lessons of an
incredible experience.
4.
... lessons over
into tomorrow, making, of course, ...
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
Here we
need only
recognize that we did
act or
think badly,
try to
visualize how we might
have done
better, and
resolve with
God's
help to
carry these
lessons over into
tomorrow,
making, of
course, any
amends still
neglected.
Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous
and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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