From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SACRIFICE occurs
8 times
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1.
... sacrifice.
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
2.
... sacrifice and
unselfish, constructive action.
BB p.93,
Working With Others
3.
... sacrifice for
others, he could not survive ...
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
For if an
alcoholic failed to
perfect and
enlarge his
spiritual life through
work and
self-
sacrifice for others, he
could not
survive the
certain trials and
low spots ahead.
4.
... sacrifice is
too great for preservation of ...
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
5.
... sacrifice others
to save himself from the ...
BB p.79,
Into Action
Therefore, we are not to be the
hasty and
foolish martyr who would
needlessly sacrifice others
to
save himself from the
alcoholic pit.
6.
... sacrifice rather
than continue to fight.
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
There are many
situations which
arise out of the
phenomenon of
craving
which
cause men to make the
supreme sacrifice rather than
continue to
fight.
7.
... sacrifice this
one for the sake of ...
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
Shouldn't we
sacrifice this one for the
sake of the many?"
8.
... sacrifice time
and energy in trying to ...
12&12 p.24,
Step One
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