From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
PARTNERSHIP occurs
7 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... partnership, and
brotherhood with all men and ...
12&12 p.77,
Step Eight
2.
... partnership and
compatible union.
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
3.
... partnership can
exist under these conditions.
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
Obviously not much
partnership can
exist under these
conditions.
4.
... partnership or
brotherhood with all those around ...
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
It
became clear that if we
ever were to
feel emotionally secure among
grown-up people, we would have to
put our
lives on a
give-and-take
basis; we would
have to
develop the
sense
of being in
partnership or
brotherhood with all those around us.
5.
... partnership relation
with any one of those ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
This
self-
centered behavior blocked a
partnership relation with any
one of those about us.
6.
... partnership with
another human being.
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
The
primary fact that we
fail to
recognize is our
total inability to
form a
true partnership with another
human
being.
7.
... partnership with
others -- women and men -- they ...
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
In
partnership with others --
women and
men -- they can
devote themselves to any
number of
ideas, people, and
constructive projects.
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