From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... hoped, God
willing, that he might be ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
2.
... hoped that
every A.A. who has a ...
12&12 p.98,
Step Eleven
It is to be hoped that every
A.A. who has a religious connection which emphasizes meditation
will return to the practice of that devotion
as never before.
3.
... hoped that
this volume will afford all ...
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
It is hoped that this volume
will afford all who read it a close-up view of the principles and forces
which have made Alcoholics Anonymous
what it is.
4.
... hoped to
reach.
BB xxiv,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
The stories added to this
edition represent a membership whose characteristics -- of age, gender, race, and culture -- have widened and have deepened
to encompass virtually everyone the
first 100 members could have hoped to reach.
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