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

empowering
empty
enable
ENABLED   occurs   3 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
enables
enchanted
encompass

1.
... enabled him to make a mighty beginning, ...   12&12 p.109, Step Twelve
His own character may still be gravely defective, but he somehow knows that God has enabled him to make a mighty beginning, and he senses that he stands at the edge of new mysteries, joys, and experiences of which he had never even dreamed.

2.
... enabled most of us to escape?   12&12 p.66, Step Six
After all, hasn't it been self-interest, pure and simple, that has enabled most of us to escape?

3.
... enabled us to live with some peace ...   12&12 p.108, Step Twelve
In Step Eleven we saw that if a Higher Power had restored us to sanity and had enabled us to live with some peace of mind in a sorely troubled world, then such a Higher Power was worth knowing better, by as direct contact as possible.


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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