From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
INTENTION occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... intention for
us.
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
We had
tried to
bombard
our
problems with it instead of
attempting to bring it into
agreement with
God's
intention for us.
2.
... intention of
drinking.
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
I had no
intention of
drinking.
3.
... intention to
create such an impression, many ...
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
Though it was not our
intention to
create such an
impression, many
alcoholics have nevertheless
concluded that in
order to
recover they
must acquire an
immediate and
overwhelming "
God-
consciousness"
followed at once by a
vast change in
feeling and
outlook.
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