From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... winning at
the game of life.
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
"As material success founded upon no more than these ordinary attributes began to come to us, we felt we were winning at the game of life.
2.
... winning back
the esteem of our friends ...
12&12 p.92,
Step Ten
Now that we're in A.A. and sober, and winning back the esteem of our friends and business associates, we find that we
still need to exercise special vigilance.
3.
... winning fame,
money, and what we thought ...
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
We have seen that we were prodded by unreasonable fears or anxieties into making a life business of winning fame, money, and what we thought
was leadership.
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