From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... sincere and
despairing appeal: "Doctor, I cannot ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
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
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
5.
... sincere opinion.
BB p.149,
To Employers
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.
6.
... sincere when
I made them.
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I used to promise my wife, my friends, and my children that I would drink
no more -- promises which seldom kept me sober even through the day, though I was very sincere when I made them.
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