From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... patiently and
persistently tries to correct what ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching becomes a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently
tries to correct what is
wrong.
2.
... patiently and
wearily climbed, falling back in ...
BB p.107,
To Wives
As animals on a treadmill, we have patiently
and wearily climbed, falling back in exhaustion after each futile effort to reach solid ground.
3.
... patiently awaiting
developments.
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
The elder statesman is
the one who sees the wisdom of the group's decision, who holds no resentment over his reduced status, whose judgment, fortified by
considerable experience, is sound, and
who is willing to sit quietly on the sidelines
patiently awaiting developments.
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