From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
REQUEST occurs
7 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... request carefully
to see what its real ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
Therefore, we ought to
consider each
request carefully to see what
its real merit is.
2.
... request, for
otherwise we shall be greatly ...
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
Very
earnestly we
ask the
press also, to
observe
this
request, for
otherwise we shall be
greatly handicapped.
3.
... request for
ourselves only.
BB p.87,
Into Action
We
ask especially for
freedom from
self-will, and
are
careful to make no
request for ourselves only.
4.
... request for
this fits in any part ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
A
request for this
fits in any
part of our
day.
5.
... request, gave
us this letter, has been ...
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
The
physician who, at our
request,
gave us this
letter, has been
kind enough to
enlarge upon his
views in another
statement which
follows.
6.
... request is
plain to anyone.
12&12 p.76,
Step Seven
The
difference between a
demand and a
simple request is
plain to anyone.
7.
... request: "Thy
will, not mine, be done."
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
As the
day goes on, we can
pause where
situations must be
met and
decisions made, and
renew
the
simple request: "
Thy will, not
mine, be done."
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