From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... strenuous, comic,
and tragic.
BB p.16,
Bill's Story
2.
... strenuous effort
to face, and to be ...
BB p.64,
How It Works
Though our decision was
a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in ourselves which had been blocking us.
3.
... strenuous spree.
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
4.
... strenuous work,
one alcoholic with another, was ...
BB xvii,
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