From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... abandoned.
BB p.48,
We Agnostics
2.
... abandoned all
membership regulations.
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
3.
... abandoned, if
only a little at a ...
12&12 p.93,
Step Ten
The idea that we can be possessively loving of
a few, can ignore the many, and can continue to fear or hate anybody, has to be abandoned,
if only a little at a time.
4.
... abandoned ourselves
with enthusiasm to the idea ...
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
My wife and I abandoned ourselves with enthusiasm to the idea of
helping other alcoholics to a solution of their problems.
5.
... abandoned the
God idea entirely.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
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