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

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HUMBLY   occurs   12 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings ...   12&12 p.108, Step Twelve
Then, in Step Seven, we humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings such as He could or would under the conditions of the day we asked.

2.
"Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings."   12&12 p.70, Step Seven
"Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings."

3.
... "Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings."   12&12 p.75, Step Seven
It marked the time when we could commence to see the full implication of Step Seven: "Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings."


4.
... Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.   BB p.59, How It Works   Go to page 59 in the Big Book
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

5.
... humbly grateful and exert ourselves the more ...   12&12 p.124, Step Twelve
When by devoted service to family, friends, business, or community we attract widespread affection and are sometimes singled out for posts of greater responsibility and trust, we try to be humbly grateful and exert ourselves the more in a spirit of love and service.


6.
... humbly made, an effect, sometimes a very ...   BB p.63, How It Works   Go to page 63 in the Big Book
This was only a beginning, though if honestly and humbly made, an effect, sometimes a very great one, was felt at once.


7.
... humbly offered himself to his Maker -- then ...   BB p.57, We Agnostics   Go to page 57 in the Big Book
He humbly offered himself to his Maker -- then he knew.


8.
... humbly offered myself to God, as I ...   BB p.13, Bill's Story   Go to page 13 in the Big Book
There I humbly offered myself to God, as I then understood Him, to do with me as He would.


9.
... humbly rely on Him, does He enable ...   BB p.68, How It Works   Go to page 68 in the Big Book
Just to the extent that we do as we think He would have us, and humbly rely on Him, does He enable us to match calamity with serenity.


10.
... humbly saying to ourselves many times each ...   BB p.88, Into Action   Go to page 87 in the Big Book
We constantly remind ourselves we are no longer running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many times each day "Thy will be done."

11.
... humbly under the grace of God.   12&12 p.125, Step Twelve
True ambition is the deep desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God.

12.
... humbly willing to apply the lessons it ...   12&12 p.149, Tradition Four
Moreover, it had performed a great service for Alcoholics Anonymous, because it had been humbly willing to apply the lessons it learned.


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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