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... usefulness.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.130
We have found nothing incompatible between a
powerful spiritual experience and a life of sane and happy usefulness.
2.
... usefulness.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.132
3.
... usefulness.
BB
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.565
4.
... usefulness.
12&12
Tradition Nine (Long), p.191
5.
... usefulness and
pleasure.
BB
The Family Afterward, p.132
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
Bill's Story, p.8
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
Bill's Story, p.13
8.
... usefulness to
others.
BB
Into Action, p.86
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
Into Action, p.76
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
We Agnostics, p.49
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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