SACRIFICIAL 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)

sacrifice

sacrificed

sacrifices

SACRIFICIAL occurs one time (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)

sacrificing

sad

sadness

... sacrificial spirit -- well symbolized by anonymity -- is ... 12&12 p.184, Tradition Twelve

Because A.A.'s Twelve Traditions repeatedly ask us to give up personal desires for the common good, we realize that the sacrificial spirit -- well symbolized by anonymity -- is the foundation of them all.

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