From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
MEASURE occurs
9 times
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1.
... measure.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
But that would be in
great measure.
2.
... measure of humility, which we soon discovered ...
12&12 p.75,
Step Seven
It brought a
measure of
humility, which we soon
discovered to be a
healer
of
pain.
3.
... measure of importance and material success.
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
We
must be quite as
careful
when we
begin to
achieve
some
measure of
importance and
material
success.
4.
... measure of our character defects, or, if ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
That is the
measure of our
character defects, or, if
you
wish, of our
sins.
5.
... measure of release from our more devastating ...
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
By this
time in all
probability we have
gained some
measure of
release from our more
devastating handicaps.
6.
... measure of virtue, it was thought, if ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
They could
regain some
measure of
virtue, it was
thought, if they
worked for
A.A. real cheap.
7.
... measure to transcend all the defects of ...
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
And this they did find, in
measure to
transcend all the
defects
of their
frail craft, every
test of
uncertainty,
pain,
fear, and
despair, and even the
death
of one.
8.
... measure up to that cherished vision.
BB p.118,
To Wives
It is the most
natural thing in the
world, once his
liquor problem is
solved, to
feel that he will now
measure up
to that
cherished vision.
9.
... measure, we add dramatic descriptions of that ...
12&12 p.55,
Step Five
Then, for
good measure, we
add dramatic descriptions of that
part
of our
drinking behavior which our
friends
probably know about
anyhow.
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