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


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1.
... superior?   12&12 p.66, Step Six
Who, for example, doesn't like to feel just a little superior to the next fellow, or even quite a lot superior?

2.
... superior by pulling him down.   12&12 p.94, Step Ten
Or, the person concerned not being present, we thought we were helping others to understand him, when in actuality our true motive was to feel superior by pulling him down.


3.
... superior person with God on his side.   BB p.129, The Family Afterward   Go to page 129 in the Big Book
Dad may feel that for years his drinking has placed him on the wrong side of every argument, but that now he has become a superior person with God on his side.

4.
... superior to all of them.   12&12 p.30, Step Two
In belaboring the sins of some religious people, we could feel superior to all of them.

5.
... superior to other people.   12&12 p.177, Tradition Ten
Let us reemphasize that this reluctance to fight one another or anybody else is not counted as some special virtue which makes us feel superior to other people.

6.
... superior to the next fellow, or even ...   12&12 p.66, Step Six
Who, for example, doesn't like to feel just a little superior to the next fellow, or even quite a lot superior?


7.
... superior to yours.   BB p.93, Working With Others   Go to page 93 in the Big Book
His religious education and training may be far superior to yours.


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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