From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SUSTAIN occurs
2 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... sustain and
strengthen us in any catastrophe.
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
Well, we
surely have a
chance if we
switch from "
two-
stepping" to "
twelve-
stepping," if we are
willing to
receive that
grace of
God which can
sustain and
strengthen us in
any
catastrophe.
2.
... sustain us
in unity for so long ...
12&12 p.131,
Tradition One
They
live today in the
Twelve Traditions of
Alcoholics Anonymous,
which --
God willing --
shall
sustain us in
unity for
so
long as He may
need us.
Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous
and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.
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