REDUCED in Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions

From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

rediscovered

redouble

reduce

REDUCED occurs 2 times (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)

reducing

reed

reefs

... reduced status, whose judgment, fortified by considerable ... 12&12 p.135, Tradition Two

The elder statesman is the one who sees the wisdom of the group's decision, who holds no resentment over his reduced status, whose judgment, fortified by considerable experience, is sound, and who is willing to sit quietly on the sidelines patiently awaiting developments.

... reduced us to a state of absolute ... 12&12 p.25, Step Two

Having reduced us to a state of absolute helplessness, you now declare that none but a Higher Power can remove our obsession.

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