From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... spiritually active.
BB p.156,
A Vision For You
2.
... spiritually, and
is therefore entitled to be ...
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.
3.
... spiritually centered
and truly religious people.
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
It has been validated in every century, and it characterizes the lives
of all spiritually centered and truly religious people.
4.
... spiritually fit,
we can do all sorts ...
BB p.100,
Working With Others
5.
... spiritually-minded persons
of all races, colors, and ...
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
We used to amuse ourselves by cynically
dissecting spiritual beliefs and practices when we might have observed that many spiritually-minded persons of all races, colors, and creeds were demonstrating a degree
of stability, happiness and usefulness which we should have sought ourselves.
6.
... spiritually sick.
BB p.64,
How It Works
From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we
have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been
spiritually sick.
7.
... spiritually sick.
BB p.66,
How It Works
8.
... spiritually, we
find that our old attitudes ...
12&12 p.114,
Step Twelve
And as we grow spiritually, we
find that our old attitudes toward our instincts need to undergo drastic revisions.
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