From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SINCERELY occurs
4 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... sincerely interested
and wants to see you ...
BB p.95,
Working With Others
If he is
sincerely interested and
wants to
see you again,
ask him to
read
this book in the
interval.
2.
... sincerely took
such a position, all sorts ...
BB p.63,
How It Works
When we
sincerely took such a
position, all
sorts of
remarkable things
followed.
3.
... sincerely try
to practice the A.A. program ...
12&12 p.24,
Step One
The
answer is that few people will
sincerely try to
practice the
A.A. program unless they have
hit bottom.
4.
... sincerely trying
to grow in the image ...
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
He
goes on to
explain that
any
person capable of
enough willingness and
honesty to
try repeatedly Step Six on all his
faults -- without
any
reservations whatever -- has
indeed come a
long way
spiritually, and
is therefore
entitled to be called a
man who is
sincerely trying to
grow in the
image and
likeness of his
own Creator.
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.
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