From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... "channel."
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
2.
... channel as
best we can, we try ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
Having opened our channel as
best we can, we try to ask for those right things of which we and
others are in the greatest need.
3.
... channel between
ourselves and God as we ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
4.
... channel choked
up with anger, fear, frustration, ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
Just saying it over and over will often enable us to clear a channel choked up with anger, fear, frustration, or misunderstanding, and permit us to return to the surest help of all -- our search for God's will, not our own, in the moment of stress.
5.
... channel of
thy peace -- that where there ...
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
"Lord, make me a channel of thy peace -- that where there is hatred, I may bring love -- that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness --
that where there is discord, I may bring harmony -- that where
there is error, I may bring
truth -- that where there is doubt, I may bring faith -- that where there is despair, I may bring hope -- that where there are shadows, I may bring light -- that where there is sadness, I may bring joy.
6.
... channel so
that where there had been ...
12&12 p.109,
Step Twelve
The persistent use of meditation and prayer, we
found, did open the channel so that where there had been a trickle, there now was a river which led to sure power and safe guidance from God as we were increasingly better able to understand Him.
7.
... channel spirituality
to newcomers, hire halls, make ...
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
The founder and his friends channel spirituality to newcomers, hire halls, make hospital arrangements, and entreat their wives to brew gallons of coffee.
8.
... channel themselves
all over the world.
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
Eight tons of books and literature per month do not package and channel themselves all over the world.
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