From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... monotony and
misery of war?
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
Would they be able to take discipline, stand up under fire, and endure the monotony and misery of war?
2.
... monotony, pain,
and even calamity turned to ...
12&12 p.112,
Step Twelve
We know this because we see monotony, pain, and even calamity turned to good use by those who keep on trying to practice A.A.'s Twelve Steps.
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