From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
WILLFULLY occurs
2 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... willfully beyond
our depth and ability.
12&12 p.123,
Step Twelve
It
mattered little
whether we had
sat on the
shore of
life drinking ourselves into
forgetfulness or had
plunged in
recklessly
and
willfully beyond our
depth and
ability.
2.
... willfully demand
that they supply us with ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
When they
drive us
blindly, or we
willfully demand that they
supply us
with more
satisfactions or
pleasures than are
possible or
due us, that is
the
point at which we
depart from the
degree of
perfection that
God wishes for us here on
earth.
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and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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