From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... wisdom, and
love.
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
But its object is always the same: to improve our conscious contact with God, with His grace, wisdom, and love.
2.
... wisdom beyond
their usual capability.
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
3.
... wisdom of
A.A.'s single purpose, a member ...
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
4.
... wisdom of
the group's decision, who holds ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
The elder statesman is
the one who sees the wisdom of the group's decision, who holds no resentment over his reduced status, whose judgment, fortified by
considerable experience, is sound, and
who is willing to sit quietly on the sidelines
patiently awaiting developments.
5.
... wisdom to
know the difference.
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, Courage to change the things we can, And wisdom to know the difference.
6.
... wisdom to
know the difference. Thy will, ...
12&12 p.41,
Step Three
In all times of emotional disturbance
or indecision, we can pause, ask for quiet, and in the stillness
simply say: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. Thy will, not mine, be done."
7.
... wisdom, who
moves to another area and ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
Who is more unpopular
than the oldtime A.A., full of wisdom, who moves to another area and tries to tell the group there how to run its business?
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