From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... status.
BB p.101,
Working With Others
An alcoholic who cannot meet them, still has an alcoholic mind; there is something the matter with
his spiritual status.
2.
... status beyond
the shadow of a doubt.
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
3.
... status of
these faithful servants was almost ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
4.
... status, whose
judgment, fortified by considerable experience, ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
The elder statesman is
the one who sees the wisdom of the group's decision, who holds no resentment over his reduced status, whose judgment, fortified by
considerable experience, is sound, and
who is willing to sit quietly on the sidelines
patiently awaiting developments.
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