From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... hardworking.
12&12 p.29,
Step Two
We were still sure that we ought to be fairly honest, tolerant, and just, that we ought to be ambitious and hardworking.
2.
... hardworking secretary
answered the phone dozens of ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
Then we saw that if a hardworking secretary answered the phone dozens of times a day, listened to twenty wailing wives, arranged hospitalization and got
sponsorship for ten newcomers, and was gently
diplomatic with the irate drunk who complained about the job she
was doing and how she was overpaid, then such a person could surely not be called a professional
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