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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
EARNEST occurs
4 times
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1.
... earnest.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
They
quickly sensed that
he was quite in
earnest.
2.
... earnest prayer
there can be a certain ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
This
means that
side by
side with an
earnest prayer there can be a
certain amount of
presumption and
conceit
in us.
3.
... earnest religious
beliefs which remained barren because ...
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
We could
actually have
earnest religious beliefs which
remained barren because we were still
trying to
play God ourselves.
4.
... earnest they
will not drag you down.
BB p.117,
To Wives
You will make
mistakes, but if you are in
earnest they will not
drag you down.
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