From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
VIRTUE occurs
8 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... virtue!"
12&12 p.174,
Tradition Nine
2.
... virtue.
12&12 p.176,
Tradition Ten
This, however, has been no
earned virtue.
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
They could
regain some
measure of
virtue, it was
thought, if they
worked for
A.A. real cheap.
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
Here we ought to take much
care,
remembering that
prudence is a
virtue which
carries a
high rating.
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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and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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