From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... require a
complete willingness to make amends ...
12&12 p.87,
Step Nine
But all of them do require a complete willingness
to make amends as fast and as far as may be possible in a given set of conditions.
2.
... require a
transformation of thought and attitude.
BB p.143,
To Employers
3.
... require action;
they required only acceptance.
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
4.
... require all
you've got.
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
No one ought to say the A.A. program requires no willpower; here is one place you may require all you've got.
5.
... require much
property or administration, ought to ...
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Six (Long)
Secondary aids to A.A., such as clubs or hospitals which
require much property or administration, ought
to be incorporated and so set apart that, if necessary, they can be freely discarded by the groups.
6.
... require much
property or administration, ought to ...
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Secondary aids to A.A., such as clubs or hospitals which
require much property or administration, ought
to be incorporated and so set apart that, if necessary, they can be freely discarded by the groups.
7.
... require small
sums of money which we ...
12&12 p.161,
Tradition Seven
8.
... require sustained
and personal exertion to conform ...
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
All of the Twelve Steps
require sustained and personal exertion to conform to their principles and so, we trust, to God's will.
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