From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
STRUGGLE occurs
5 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... struggle.
BB p.86,
Into Action
We don't struggle.
2.
... struggle for
money, romance, or self-importance.
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
In
later life he
finds that
real happiness is not to be
found in just
trying to be a
number one
man, or even a
first-
rater in the
heartbreaking struggle
for
money,
romance, or
self-
importance.
3.
... struggle for
wealth, power, and prestige was ...
12&12 p.130,
Tradition One
The
struggle for
wealth,
power, and
prestige was
tearing humanity apart as
never before.
4.
... struggle to
the top of the heap, ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
Always we
tried to
struggle
to the
top of the
heap, or to
hide underneath it.
5.
... struggle usually
falls within one of four ...
BB p.108,
To Wives
The
problem with which you
struggle usually
falls within one of
four categories:
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