From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
JOYS occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... joys, and
experiences of which he had ...
12&12 p.110,
Step Twelve
His
own character may
still be
gravely defective, but he somehow
knows that
God has
enabled him to make a
mighty
beginning, and he
senses that he
stands at the
edge of new
mysteries,
joys, and
experiences
of which he had
never even
dreamed.
2.
... joys in
return.
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
3.
... joys of
Twelfth Step work; and then ...
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
He
paid a
fine tribute to the
Fellowship; he told how his
family had been
reunited;
he
extolled the
virtue
of
honesty; he
recalled
the
joys of
Twelfth Step work; and then he
lowered the
boom.
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