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