EARNING in Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions

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

earnest

earnestly

earnestness

EARNING occurs 3 times (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)

earth

ease

easier

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... earning capacity, was an alcoholic of a ... BB xxv(xxiii), The Doctor's Opinion

In late 1934 I attended a patient who, though he had been a competent businessman of good earning capacity, was an alcoholic of a type I had come to regard as hopeless.

... earning power considerably above average; we forgot ... 12&12 p.121, Step Twelve

We forgot that most alcoholics in A.A. have an earning power considerably above average; we forgot the immense goodwill of our brother A.A.'s who were only too eager to help us to better jobs when we deserved them; we forgot the actual or potential financial insecurity of every human being in the world.

... earning power of most A.A.'s is relatively ... 12&12 p.114, Step Twelve

Though the earning power of most A.A.'s is relatively high, we have some members who never seem to get on their feet moneywise, and still others who encounter heavy financial reverses.

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