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

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VIGOROUS occurs 3 times (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)

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... vigorous action, the first step of which ... BB p.63, How It Works

Next we launched out on a course of vigorous action, the first step of which is a personal housecleaning, which many of us had never attempted.

... vigorous and painstaking effort to discover what ... 12&12 p.42, Step Four

Step Four is our vigorous and painstaking effort to discover what these liabilities in each of us have been, and are.

... vigorous attempt to repair the damage we ... 12&12 p.77, Step Eight

First, we take a look backward and try to discover where we have been at fault; next we make a vigorous attempt to repair the damage we have done; and third, having thus cleaned away the debris of the past, we consider how, with our newfound knowledge of ourselves, we may develop the best possible relations with every human being we know.

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