From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... passengers, however,
our joy in escape from ...
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
Unlike the feelings of
the ship's passengers,
however, our joy in escape
from disaster does not subside as we go our individual ways.
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... passengers of
a great liner the moment ...
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
We are like the passengers of
a great liner the moment after rescue from shipwreck when
camaraderie, joyousness and democracy pervade the vessel from steerage to Captain's table.
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