From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... duty.
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
1. Sense of duty.
2.
... duty, and
love, it is not strange ...
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
Under these compulsions of self-preservation, duty, and
love, it is not strange
that our Society has concluded that it has but one
high mission -- to carry the A.A. message to those who don't know there's a way out.
3.
... duty-bound to
throw the whole weight of ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
In fact, we felt duty-bound to throw the whole weight of the A.A. name behind any meritorious cause.
4.
... duty it
is to receive it.
BB p.74,
Into Action
Those of us belonging to
a religious denomination which requires confession must, and of course, will want to go to the properly appointed authority whose duty it is to receive it.
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