From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... sorely mistaken.
12&12 p.60,
Step Five
How many times have we heard well-intentioned people claim the guidance of God when it was all too plain
that they were sorely mistaken.
2.
... sorely perplexed,
the group inevitably turns to ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
3.
... sorely troubled
world, then such a Higher ...
12&12 p.108,
Step Twelve
In Step Eleven we saw that if a Higher Power had restored us to sanity and had enabled us to
live with some peace of mind in a sorely troubled world, then such a Higher Power was worth knowing better, by as direct contact as possible.
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