From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... willpower.
12&12 p.40,
Step Three
2.
... willpower, can
rightly control our inner lives ...
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
We are certain that our intelligence, backed by
willpower, can rightly control our inner lives and guarantee us success in the world we live in.
3.
... willpower could
break it.
12&12 p.22,
Step One
Our sponsors declared
that we were the victims of a mental obsession so subtly powerful that no amount of human willpower could break it.
4.
... willpower; here
is one place you may ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
No one ought to say the A.A. program requires no willpower; here is one place you may require all you've got.
5.
... willpower just
wouldn't work on alcohol.
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
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