From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... examination are
bound to make all the ...
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
For these minutes and sometimes hours spent in self-examination are bound to make all the other hours of our day better and happier.
2.
... examination is
likely to reveal the very ...
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
To these it can be suggested that a conscientious examination is likely to reveal the very defects the objectionable questions are concerned
with.
3.
... examination, meditation,
and prayer.
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
4.
... examination of
our personal relations every bit ...
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
While the purpose of making restitution to others is paramount, it is
equally necessary that
we extricate from an examination of our personal relations every bit of information about ourselves and our fundamental difficulties that we can.
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