From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
HUMBLE occurs
8 times
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1.
... humble admission
of powerlessness over alcohol is ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
2.
... humble example
that resolve a crisis.
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
3.
... humble labor
without worrying about tomorrow.
12&12 p.121,
Step Twelve
4.
... humble pie,
it now begins to mean ...
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
5.
... humble than
this.
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
True,
founders and their
friends are sometimes
wiser and more
humble than this.
6.
... humble, to
gain a vision of humility ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
To get
completely away from our
aversion to the
idea of being
humble, to
gain a
vision of
humility as the
avenue to
true freedom of the
human spirit, to be
willing to
work for
humility as
something to be
desired for itself,
takes most of us a
long,
long time.
7.
... humble willingness
to have Him with me ...
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
There had been a
humble willingness to have Him with me -- and He
came.
8.
... humble without
being servile or scraping.
BB p.83,
Into Action
We should be
sensible,
tactful,
considerate
and
humble without being
servile or
scraping.
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