SBR:The founders of the 12 Step program repeatedly use the word common, in the Big Book, to describe their experiences.

The founders of the program repeatedly use the word "common," in the Big Book, to describe their experiences. They talk about how they are bound by the "common peril" they shared. They tell us how they escaped disaster together by going on a "common journey." They also speak at length about how every one of them discovered their "common solution." However, many people in other Twelve Step programs seem to have a different perspective. Instead of focusing on the founders "common solution," they try to build their program around the expression, "Take what you need, and leave the rest."

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