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... paradox.
12&12
Tradition One, p.130
2.
... paradox: each
A.A.'s life depends on obedience ...
12&12
Contents (Tradition One), p.9
Tradition One -- "Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity." Without unity, A.A. dies. Individual liberty, yet great unity. Key to paradox: each A.A.'s life depends on obedience to spiritual principles.
The group must survive or the individual
will not. Common welfare comes first. How best to live and work together as groups.
3.
... paradox of
A.A. that we know we ...
12&12
Tradition Five, p.151
It is the great paradox of A.A. that we know we can seldom keep the precious gift of sobriety unless we give it away.
4.
... paradox of
this kind of giving he ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.109
And then he discovers that by the divine paradox of this kind of giving he has found his own reward, whether his brother has yet received anything or not.
5.
... paradox: We
found that we were totally ...
12&12
Step Twelve, p.107
Step One showed us an amazing paradox: We found that we were totally unable to be rid of the alcohol obsession until we first admitted that we were powerless over it.
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