From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... usefulness.
12&12 p.192,
Tradition Nine (Long)
2.
... usefulness.
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
We have found nothing incompatible between a
powerful spiritual experience and a life of sane and happy usefulness.
3.
... usefulness.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
4.
... usefulness.
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
5.
... usefulness and
pleasure.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
If he does not argue about religion, he will make new friends and is sure to find new avenues of usefulness and pleasure.
6.
... usefulness, in
a way of life that ...
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
I was to know happiness,
peace, and usefulness, in a
way of life that is incredibly more wonderful as time passes.
7.
... usefulness to
others.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
8.
... usefulness to
others.
BB p.86,
Into Action
But we must be careful not
to drift into worry, remorse or morbid reflection, for that would diminish our usefulness to others.
9.
... usefulness to
you and my fellows.
BB p.76,
Into Action
I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in
the way of my usefulness to you
and my fellows.
10.
... usefulness which
we should have sought ourselves.
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.
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