From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... remains simple
and personal.
BB xxii,
Foreword to Third Edition
In spite of the great increase in the size and the
span of this Fellowship,
at its core it remains simple and personal.
2.
... remains sober
day by day.
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
Learning to depend upon a higher power and absorb himself in his work with other alcoholics, he remains sober day by day.
3.
... remains strong
in other respects.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
It relieved me somewhat to learn that in alcoholics the will is amazingly weakened when
it comes to combating liquor, though it often remains strong in other respects.
4.
... remains willing
to maintain a certain simple ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
He can go anywhere on this
earth where other free men may go without disaster, provided he
remains willing to maintain a certain simple attitude.
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