From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
NEWFOUND occurs
4 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... newfound knowledge
of ourselves, we may develop ...
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
First, we take a
look backward and
try to
discover where we have been at
fault;
next we make a
vigorous attempt to
repair the
damage we have
done; and
third, having thus
cleaned away the
debris of
the
past, we
consider how,
with our
newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may
develop the
best possible relations with
every
human being we
know.
2.
... newfound peace
is a priceless gift.
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
To those of us who have
hitherto known only
excitement,
depression, or
anxiety
-- in other
words, to all of us -- this
newfound peace is a
priceless gift.
3.
... newfound Providence,
then what is it?
12&12 p.35,
Step Three
Now if this is not
turning one's will and
life over to a
newfound Providence, then what is it?
4.
... newfound sobriety.
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
They
simply will not
budge;
they make him
desperately unhappy and
threaten his
newfound sobriety.
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