From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... restore ourselves
to sanity, some Higher Power ...
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
In Step Two we saw that since we could not restore ourselves to sanity, some Higher Power must necessarily do so if we were to survive.
2.
... restore us
to sanity."
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
3.
... restore us
to sanity.
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
Therefore we remained
self-deceived, and so incapable of receiving
enough grace to restore us to sanity.
4.
... restore us
to sanity.
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.
5.
... restore us
to sanity.
BB p.59,
How It Works
6.
... restore us
to sanity if we rightly ...
12&12 p.33,
Step Two
True humility and an open mind can lead us to faith, and every A.A. meeting is an assurance
that God will restore us to sanity if we rightly relate ourselves to Him.
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