From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... fearless admission
of our defects to another ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
Most of us would declare that without a fearless admission of our defects
to another human being we could not stay sober.
2.
... fearless and
thorough from the very start.
BB p.58,
How It Works
With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be
fearless and thorough from
the very start.
3.
... fearless moral
inventory.
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
4.
... fearless moral
inventory, it must seem to ...
12&12 p.49,
Step Four
So when A.A. suggests a
fearless moral inventory, it must seem to every newcomer that more is being asked of him than he can
do.
5.
... fearless moral
inventory, most of us have ...
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
Without a searching
and fearless moral inventory, most of us have found that the faith which really works in daily living is still out of reach.
6.
... fearless moral
inventory of ourselves."
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
7.
... fearless moral
inventory of ourselves.
BB p.59,
How It Works
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