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

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SETTLE   occurs   4 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... settle family differences, explaining the disinherited son ...   BB p.161, A Vision For You   Go to page 161 in the Big Book
Cleaning up old scrapes, helping to settle family differences, explaining the disinherited son to his irate parents, lending money and securing jobs for each other, when justified -- these are everyday occurrences.


2.
... settle for himself.   BB p.50, We Agnostics   Go to page 50 in the Big Book
They are questions for each individual to settle for himself.

3.
... settle for only as much perfection as ...   12&12 p.68, Step Six
Therefore, it seems plain that few of us can quickly or easily become ready to aim at spiritual and moral perfection; we want to settle for only as much perfection as will get us by in life, according, of course, to our various and sundry ideas of what will get us by.

4.
... settle with the past.   12&12 p.89, Step Ten
Our inventory enables us to settle with the past.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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