From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... possessed a
cancer cure, they might be ...
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
If a group of doctors
possessed a cancer cure, they might be conscience-stricken if
they failed their mission
through self-seeking.
2.
... possessed a
spare key.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
Even more important, an empty club couldn't answer its telephone, but it was an
open invitation to a drunk on a binge who possessed a spare key.
3.
... possessed by
the idea that future happiness ...
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
The family may be possessed
by the idea that future happiness can be based only
upon forgetfulness of
the past.
4.
... possessed of
a new sense of power ...
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
As soon as we admitted the
possible existence of
a Creative Intelligence, a Spirit
of the Universe underlying the totality
of things, we began to be
possessed of a new sense of power and direction, provided we
took other simple steps.
5.
... possessed of
a spiritual experience, the alcoholic ...
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
Being possessed of a spiritual experience,
the alcoholic will find he has much in common with these people, though he may differ with
them on many matters.
6.
... possessed of
nothing but a high and ...
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
As to our grandiose behavior, we insisted
that we had been possessed of nothing but a high and legitimate ambition to
win the battle of life.
7.
... possessed or
would fail to get something ...
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
The chief activator of
our defects has been self-centered fear -- primarily fear that we would lose something we already
possessed or would fail to get something we demanded.
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