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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SUPERIOR occurs
7 times
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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
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
His
religious education and
training
may be far
superior to yours.
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