From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
PARADOX occurs
4 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... paradox.
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
Those who
look closely soon
have the
key to this
strange
paradox.
2.
... paradox of
A.A. that we know we ...
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
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.
3.
... paradox of
this kind of giving he ...
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
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.
4.
... paradox: We
found that we were totally ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
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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and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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