From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... encouraging news
for those who recoil from ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
All this should be very encouraging news for those who recoil from prayer because they don't believe in it, or because
they feel themselves cut off from God's help and direction.
2.
... encouraging others
to join us?
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
Provided they were willing -- and many were -- why shouldn't their membership be publicized, thereby
encouraging others to join us?
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