From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
ENTHUSIASM occurs
8 times
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1.
... enthusiasm.
BB p.114,
To Wives
His
reaction may be one of
enthusiasm.
2.
... enthusiasm, but
he is practically sure to ...
BB p.113,
To Wives
He may not
share your
enthusiasm, but he is
practically sure to
read the book and he may go for the
program at once.
3.
... enthusiasm for
alcoholic work.
BB p.119,
To Wives
We find it a
real mistake
to
dampen his
enthusiasm for
alcoholic work.
4.
... enthusiasm, my
tale trailed off to the ...
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
With
waning enthusiasm, my
tale trailed off to the
end.
5.
... enthusiasm to
the idea of helping other ...
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
My
wife and I
abandoned
ourselves with
enthusiasm to the
idea of
helping other
alcoholics to a
solution of their
problems.
6.
... enthusiasm which
the most ardent members would ...
12&12 p.182,
Tradition Eleven
Ever since, these
friends have
reported A.A. with an
enthusiasm which the most
ardent
members would find
hard to
match.
7.
... enthusiasm will
tone down.
BB p.119,
To Wives
If you
cooperate, rather than
complain, you will find that his
excess enthusiasm will
tone down.
8.
... enthusiasm with
which he distributed automobile polish.
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
These
ideas he
sold to
fellow members with the same
burning enthusiasm with
which he
distributed automobile polish.
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