From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... poles apart.
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
It is the difference between the spirit of vested authority and the
spirit of service, two concepts which are sometimes poles apart.
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