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

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EARNESTLY   occurs   8 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... earnestly advise every alcoholic to read this ...   BB xxxii(xxx), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
I earnestly advise every alcoholic to read this book through, and though perhaps he came to scoff, he may remain to pray.

2.
... earnestly asking God's help and guidance -- meanwhile ...   12&12 p.86, Step Nine
Do we lay the matter before our sponsor or spiritual adviser, earnestly asking God's help and guidance -- meanwhile resolving to do the right thing when it becomes clear, cost what it may?

3.
... earnestly did we commence to quest for ...   12&12 p.131, Tradition One
As we had once struggled and prayed for individual recovery, just so earnestly did we commence to quest for the principles through which A.A. itself might survive.


4.
... earnestly pray for the right ideal, for ...   BB p.70, How It Works   Go to page 70 in the Big Book
To sum up about sex: We earnestly pray for the right ideal, for guidance in each questionable situation, for sanity, and for the strength to do the right thing.


5.
... earnestly seek.   BB p.46, We Agnostics   Go to page 46 in the Big Book
To us, the Realm of Spirit is broad, roomy, all inclusive; never exclusive or forbidding to those who earnestly seek.


6.
... earnestly tried many avenues of escape.   BB p.155, A Vision For You   Go to page 155 in the Big Book
He had a desperate desire to stop, but saw no way out, for he had earnestly tried many avenues of escape.


7.
... earnestly we ask the press also, to ...   BB xiii, Foreword to First Edition   Display entire Foreword to First Edition
Very earnestly we ask the press also, to observe this request, for otherwise we shall be greatly handicapped.

8.
... earnestly we have tried to come to ...   12&12 p.34, Step Three
In fact, the effectiveness of the whole A.A. program will rest upon how well and earnestly we have tried to come to "a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him."


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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