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

religious
relinquish
relive
RELUCTANCE   occurs   3 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
reluctantly
rely
relying

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1.
... reluctance to do this, that many A.A.'s ...   12&12 p.55, Step Five
So intense, though, is our fear and reluctance to do this, that many A.A.'s at first try to bypass Step Five.

2.
... reluctance to fight one another or anybody ...   12&12 p.177, Tradition Ten
Let us reemphasize that this reluctance to fight one another or anybody else is not counted as some special virtue which makes us feel superior to other people.


3.
... reluctance to rid yourself of those who ...   BB p.148, To Employers   Go to page 148 in the Big Book
At the same time you will feel no reluctance to rid yourself of those who cannot or will not stop.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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