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