From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... virtue!"
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
2.
... virtue.
12&12 p.176,
Tradition Ten
3.
... virtue, but
we do recognize it as ...
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
We may still have no very high opinion of humility as a
desirable personal
virtue, but we do recognize it as a necessary aid to our survival.
4.
... virtue, it
was thought, if they worked ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
5.
... virtue of
honesty; he recalled the joys ...
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
He paid a fine tribute to the Fellowship; he told how his
family had been reunited; he extolled the
virtue of honesty; he recalled the joys of Twelfth Step work; and then he lowered the
boom.
6.
... virtue that
we have been driven to ...
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
So it is by circumstance rather than by any virtue that we have been driven to
A.A., have admitted defeat, have acquired the
rudiments of faith, and
now want to make a decision to turn our will and our lives over to a Higher Power.
7.
... virtue which
carries a high rating.
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
8.
... virtue which
makes us feel superior to ...
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.
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