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

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1.
... square.   BB p.148, To Employers   Go to page 148 in the Big Book
He will be able to take a position with such a man which is eminently fair and square.

2.
... Square Garden, and I don't see why ...   12&12 p.136, Tradition Two
Some day this bunch of ex-drunks of yours will fill Madison Square Garden, and I don't see why you should starve meanwhile.

3.
... square look at some of these defects, ...   12&12 p.74, Step Seven
But when we have taken a square look at some of these defects, have discussed them with another, and have become willing to have them removed, our thinking about humility commences to have a wider meaning.


4.
... square mile than any city in the ...   BB p.163, A Vision For You   Go to page 163 in the Big Book
He had lived there but a few weeks when he found that the place probably contained more alcoholics per square mile than any city in the country.

5.
... square pegs in round holes but can ...   12&12 p.124, Step Twelve
Service, gladly rendered, obligations squarely met, troubles well accepted or solved with God's help, the knowledge that at home or in the world outside we are partners in a common effort, the well-understood fact that in God's sight all human beings are important, the proof that love freely given surely brings a full return, the certainty that we are no longer isolated and alone in self-constructed prisons, the surety that we need no longer be square pegs in round holes but can fit and belong in God's scheme of things -- these are the permanent and legitimate satisfactions of right living for which no amount of pomp and circumstance, no heap of material possessions, could possibly be substitutes.


6.
... square the account in his lifetime.   BB p.127, The Family Afterward   Go to page 127 in the Big Book
He can scarcely square the account in his lifetime.


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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