From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
PERFECTION occurs
11 times
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Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... perfection!"
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Why -- that is perfection!"
2.
... perfection.
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Only
Step One, where we made the
100 percent admission we were
powerless over
alcohol,
can be
practiced with
absolute perfection.
3.
... perfection.
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
It is
suggested that we ought to
become entirely willing to
aim toward perfection.
4.
... perfection.
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
We shall
look for
progress, not for
perfection.
5.
... perfection.
BB p.60,
How It Works
6.
... perfection, and
be ready to walk in ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
We shall
need to
raise our
eyes toward perfection, and be
ready to
walk in that
direction.
7.
... perfection as
will get us by in ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Therefore, it
seems plain
that few of us can
quickly or
easily become ready to
aim at
spiritual and
moral perfection; we
want to
settle for only as much
perfection as will get us by in
life,
according, of
course, to our
various and
sundry ideas of what will
get us by.
8.
... perfection, but
I'm certainly not going to ...
12&12 p.69,
Step Six
Sure, I'll
head toward perfection, but I'm
certainly not
going to
hurry any.
9.
... perfection, have
gone to the other extreme ...
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
We are all
perfectionists who,
failing perfection, have
gone to the other
extreme and
settled for the
bottle
and the
blackout.
10.
... perfection that
God wishes for us here ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
When they
drive us
blindly, or we
willfully
demand that they
supply us
with more
satisfactions or
pleasures than are
possible or
due us, that is
the
point at which we
depart from the
degree of
perfection that
God wishes for us here on
earth.
11.
... perfection; we
want to settle for only ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Therefore, it
seems plain
that few of us can
quickly or
easily become ready to
aim at
spiritual and
moral perfection; we
want to
settle for only as much
perfection as will get us by in
life,
according, of
course, to our
various and
sundry ideas of what will
get us by.
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