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

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DEVOTION   occurs   6 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... devotion and care which brought him to ...   BB p.119, To Wives   Go to page 118 in the Big Book
Your husband will be the first to say it was your devotion and care which brought him to the point where he could have a spiritual experience.

2.
... devotion as never before.   12&12 p.98, Step Eleven
It is to be hoped that every A.A. who has a religious connection which emphasizes meditation will return to the practice of that devotion as never before.


3.
... devotion did not straighten him out.   BB p.128, The Family Afterward   Go to page 128 in the Big Book
They may not see why their love and devotion did not straighten him out.

4.
... devotion had failed to do.   12&12 p.118, Step Twelve
After the husband joins A.A., the wife may become discontented, even highly resentful that Alcoholics Anonymous has done the very thing that all her years of devotion had failed to do.

5.
... devotion to the religion of our choice?   12&12 p.112, Step Twelve
And can we bring new purpose and devotion to the religion of our choice?


6.
... devotion, we attend to that also.   BB p.87, Into Action   Go to page 87 in the Big Book
If we belong to a religious denomination which requires a definite morning devotion, we attend to that also.


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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