From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
EXERTION occurs
2 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... exertion of
will.
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
All of us, without
exception,
pass through
times when we can
pray only with the
greatest exertion of will.
2.
... exertion to
conform to their principles and ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
All of the
Twelve Steps require sustained and
personal exertion to
conform to their
principles and so, we
trust, to
God's will.
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and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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