From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
WISDOM occurs
7 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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
They have
found wisdom beyond their
usual capability.
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
5.
... wisdom to
know the difference.
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.
6.
... 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.
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?
Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous
and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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