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

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HELPFULNESS   occurs   4 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... helpfulness and friendliness.   BB p.99, Working With Others   Go to page 99 in the Big Book
These can then be discussed in an atmosphere of helpfulness and friendliness.


2.
... helpfulness to one another as you find ...   BB p.162, A Vision For You   Go to page 162 in the Big Book
There are the same fast friendships, there is the same helpfulness to one another as you find among our western friends.


3.
... helpfulness to others, and the necessity of ...   BB xvi, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
Though he could not accept all the tenets of the Oxford Groups, he was convinced of the need for moral inventory, confession of personality defects, restitution to those harmed, helpfulness to others, and the necessity of belief in and dependence upon God.


4.
... helpfulness to others, so never hesitate to ...   BB p.102, Working With Others   Go to page 102 in the Big Book
Your job now is to be at the place where you may be of maximum helpfulness to others, so never hesitate to go anywhere if you can be helpful.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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