From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... wishing for
what we have not, rather ...
12&12 p.67,
Step Six
Else why would we consume such great amounts of time wishing for what we have
not, rather than working
for it, or angrily looking for attributes
we shall never have, instead of adjusting to
the fact, and accepting
it?
2.
... wishing or
trying on our own power.
BB p.62,
How It Works
3.
... wishing the
telephone had never been invented.
BB p.115,
To Wives
When your husband is bad,
you become a trembling
recluse, wishing the telephone had never been invented.
4.
Wishing to
be polite, though I felt ...
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Wishing to be polite, though I felt very badly, I said, "Let's make the call," and extracted from my wife a promise that we would not stay
over fifteen minutes.
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