From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... striving for
a self-determined objective and for ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
So the difference between "the boys and the men" is the difference between striving for a self-determined objective and for the perfect objective which
is of God.
2.
... striving may
be necessary.
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
3.
... striving nations
and groups finally torn asunder ...
12&12 p.176,
Tradition Ten
All history affords us
the spectacle of striving
nations and groups finally torn asunder because they were
designed for, or tempted into, controversy.
4.
... striving to
recover fortune and reputation and ...
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
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