TASKS in Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions

From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

taproot

tardiness

task

TASKS occurs 2 times (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)

taste

taught

taxi

... tasks that make good Twelfth Step work ... 12&12 p.110, Step Twelve

We can be the ones who take on the unspectacular but important tasks that make good Twelfth Step work possible, perhaps arranging for the coffee and cake after the meetings, where so many skeptical, suspicious newcomers have found confidence and comfort in the laughter and talk.

... tasks that no one else could or ... 12&12 p.167, Tradition Eight

Ignoring the fact that these labors were not Twelfth Step jobs at all, the critics attacked as A.A. professionals these workers of ours who were often doing thankless tasks that no one else could or would do.

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