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