From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... earnest.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
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
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