From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... transcend all
the defects of their frail ...
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
And this they did find, in measure to transcend all the defects of
their frail craft, every test of uncertainty, pain, fear, and despair, and even the death
of one.
2.
... transcend their
other pains and trials.
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
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