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

remorse
remorseful
remote
REMOVAL   occurs   2 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
remove
removed
render

1.
... removal as quickly as we can.   12&12 p.69, Step Six
At the very least, we shall have to come to grips with some of our worst character defects and take action toward their removal as quickly as we can.

2.
... removal of our other shortcomings just as ...   12&12 p.76, Step Seven
It is really saying to us that we now ought to be willing to try humility in seeking the removal of our other shortcomings just as we did when we admitted that we were powerless over alcohol, and came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.


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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