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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
CAPABLE occurs
4 times
(
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1.
... capable of
being nicer if our husbands ...
BB p.116,
To Wives
2.
... capable of
endurance and valor as any ...
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
They were just as
capable of
endurance and
valor as any
other
soldiers.
3.
... capable of
enough willingness and honesty to ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
He
goes on to
explain that
any
person capable of
enough willingness and
honesty to
try repeatedly Step Six on all his
faults -- without
any
reservations whatever -- has
indeed come a
long way
spiritually, and
is therefore
entitled to be called a
man who is
sincerely trying to
grow in the
image and
likeness of his
own Creator.
4.
... capable of
honestly facing his problems in ...
BB p.568(570),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
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