From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
WINNING occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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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and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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