From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... partners in
a common effort, the well-understood ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
Service, gladly rendered, obligations
squarely met, troubles well accepted or solved with God's help, the knowledge that at home or in
the world outside we are
partners in a common effort, the well-understood fact that in God's sight all human beings are important, the proof that
love freely given surely brings a full return, the certainty that
we are no longer isolated and alone in self-constructed prisons, the surety that we
need no longer be square pegs in round holes but can fit and belong in God's scheme of things -- these are
the permanent and legitimate satisfactions of right
living for which no amount of pomp and circumstance, no heap of material possessions, could possibly be substitutes.
2.
... partners need
to be solid A.A.'s and ...
12&12 p.119,
Step Twelve
The prospective partners need to be solid A.A.'s and long enough acquainted to know that
their compatibility at spiritual, mental, and emotional levels is a fact and not wishful thinking.
3.
... partners would
be too.
BB p.41,
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