LABORS in Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions

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

laborer

laborers

laboriously

LABORS occurs one time (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)

lack

lacked

lacking

... labors were not Twelfth Step jobs at ... 12&12 p.167, Tradition Eight

Ignoring the fact that these labors were not Twelfth Step jobs at all, the critics attacked as A.A. professionals these workers of ours who were often doing thankless tasks that no one else could or would do.

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