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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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WISHING   occurs   3 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... 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   Go to page 62 in the Big Book
Neither could we reduce our self-centeredness much by wishing or trying on our own power.


3.
... wishing the telephone had never been invented.    BB p.115,  To Wives   Go to page 115 in the Big Book
When your husband is bad, you become a trembling recluse, wishing the telephone had never been invented.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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