From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
IMPROVE occurs
6 times
(
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1.
... improve A.A.
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
He had at
least an
idea a
minute on how to
improve A.A.
2.
... improve his
conscious contact with God.
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
Almost any
experienced A.A. will tell how his
affairs
have
taken remarkable
and
unexpected turns
for the
better as he
tried
to
improve his
conscious
contact with
God.
3.
... improve our
chances for really happy and ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
Only by this
means can we
improve our
chances for really
happy and
useful living.
4.
... improve our
conscious contact with God as ...
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
"
Sought through
prayer and
meditation to
improve
our
conscious contact
with
God as we
understood
Him,
praying only for
knowledge of His will for us and the
power to
carry that out."
5.
... improve our
conscious contact with God as ...
BB p.59,
How It Works
11.
Sought through
prayer and
meditation to
improve our
conscious contact with
God as we
understood Him,
praying
only for
knowledge of His will for us and the
power to
carry that out.
6.
... improve our
conscious contact with God, with ...
12&12 p.101,
Step Eleven
But
its object is always the
same: to
improve our
conscious contact with
God, with His
grace,
wisdom, and
love.
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