From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... 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
Realization dawns that
he is but a small part of a
great whole; that no personal sacrifice is too great for preservation of the Fellowship.
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
8.
... sacrifice time
and energy in trying to ...
12&12 p.24,
Step One
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