From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... 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
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
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
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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