From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... win.
BB p.66,
How It Works
2.
... win a
useless argument.
12&12 p.94,
Step Ten
We "constructively criticized" someone who
needed it, when our real motive was to win a useless argument.
3.
... win an
election, so it advertises the ...
12&12 p.181,
Tradition Eleven
A political party wishes to win an election, so it advertises the virtues
of its leadership to draw votes.
4.
... win came
back.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
5.
... win out.
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
We doubt if many of them can
do it, because none will really want to stop, and hardly one of them, because of the peculiar mental twist already acquired, will find he can win out.
6.
... win the
battle of life.
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
As to our grandiose behavior, we insisted
that we had been possessed of nothing but a high and legitimate ambition to
win the battle of life.
7.
... win the
entire confidence of another alcoholic ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
But the ex-problem drinker who has found this solution, who is properly
armed with facts about himself, can generally
win the entire confidence of another alcoholic in a few hours.
8.
... win would
carry us through.
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
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