From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... exert himself.
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
2.
... exert himself
more.
BB p.61,
How It Works
3.
... exert himself
there.
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
4.
... exert ourselves
the more in a spirit ...
12&12 p.124,
Step Twelve
When by devoted service
to family, friends, business, or community
we attract widespread
affection and are sometimes singled out for posts of greater responsibility and trust, we try to be humbly grateful and exert ourselves the more in a spirit of love and service.
5.
... exert ourselves
to do the job thoroughly, ...
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
Once we have a complete willingness to take inventory, and exert ourselves to do the job thoroughly, a wonderful light falls upon this foggy scene.
6.
... exert themselves
to be secure in their ...
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
If men and women didn't exert themselves to be secure in their persons, made no effort to harvest food or construct shelter, there would be no survival.
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