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

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EARNESTNESS   occurs   5 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... earnestness.   BB p.16, Bill's Story   Go to page 16 in the Big Book
But just underneath there is deadly earnestness.

2.
... earnestness and faith for God's explicit guidance ...   12&12 p.103, Step Eleven
We have seen A.A.'s ask with much earnestness and faith for God's explicit guidance on matters ranging all the way from a shattering domestic or financial crisis to correcting a minor personal fault, like tardiness.


3.
... earnestness and sincerity, how it could have ...   BB p.37, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 37 in the Big Book
Next day we would ask ourselves, in all earnestness and sincerity, how it could have happened.


4.
... earnestness at our command, we beg of ...   BB p.58, How It Works   Go to page 58 in the Big Book
With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the very start.


5.
... earnestness than I had previously shown.   BB p.173, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 173 in the Big Book
There I took up the business of drinking with much greater earnestness than I had previously shown.


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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