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

simply
sin
since
SINCERE   occurs   5 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
sincerely
sincerity
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1.
... sincere and despairing appeal: "Doctor, I cannot ...   BB xxix(xxvii), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
Men have cried out to me in sincere and despairing appeal: "Doctor, I cannot go on like this!

2.
... sincere attempt to become what we could ...   12&12 p.58, Step Five
To those who have made progress in A.A., it amounts to a clear recognition of what and who we really are, followed by a sincere attempt to become what we could be.


3.
... sincere desire to be helpful; that there ...   BB p.18, There Is A Solution   Go to page 18 in the Big Book
That the man who is making the approach has had the same difficulty, that he obviously knows what he is talking about, that his whole deportment shouts at the new prospect that he is a man with a real answer, that he has no attitude of Holier Than Thou, nothing whatever except the sincere desire to be helpful; that there are no fees to pay, no axes to grind, no people to please, no lectures to be endured -- these are the conditions we have found most effective.


4.
... sincere desire to set right the wrong.   BB p.77, Into Action   Go to page 77 in the Big Book
But our man is sure to be impressed with a sincere desire to set right the wrong.


5.
... sincere opinion.   BB p.149, To Employers   Go to page 149 in the Big Book
We, who have collectively seen a great deal of business life, at least from the alcoholic angle, had to smile at this gentleman's sincere opinion.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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