From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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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