From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... required great
willingness even to begin.
12&12 p.47,
Step Four
2.
... required if
I were to eat any ...
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
A tumbler full of gin followed by half a dozen bottles of beer would be required if I were to eat any breakfast.
3.
... required just
for sobriety, they still haven't ...
12&12 p.70,
Step Seven
Nearly all A.A.'s have found, too, that unless they
develop much more of this precious quality than may be required
just for sobriety, they still haven't much chance of becoming truly happy.
4.
... required of
me to make my beginning.
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
5.
... required only
acceptance.
12&12 p.34,
Step Three
6.
... required to
follow a few simple rules.
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
On the other hand -- and strange as this may seem to those who do not understand -- once a psychic change has occurred, the very same person who seemed doomed, who had so many problems he despaired of ever solving them, suddenly finds himself easily able to control his desire for alcohol, the only effort necessary being that required to follow a few simple rules.
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