From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
MEANINGFUL occurs
2 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... meaningful sense
had we ever taken stock ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
In no
deep or
meaningful sense had we ever
taken stock of ourselves, made
amends to those we had
harmed, or
freely given to any other
human being
without any
demand for
reward.
2.
... meaningful sobriety.
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
This
feeling of being at one with
God and
man, this
emerging from
isolation
through the
open and
honest
sharing of our
terrible
burden of
guilt, brings us
to a
resting place where we may
prepare ourselves for the
following Steps toward a
full and
meaningful sobriety.
Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous
and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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