From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... devotion and
care which brought him to ...
BB p.119,
To Wives
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
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
6.
... devotion, we
attend to that also.
BB p.87,
Into Action
If we belong to a religious denomination which requires a definite morning devotion, we attend to that also.
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