From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
PRAY occurs
11 times
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1.
... pray.
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
Such
prayers, of
course,
are
fundamentally good acts, but often they are
based upon a
supposition
that we
know God's will for the
person for whom we
pray.
2.
... pray.
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
We are
seized with a
rebellion so
sickening
that we
simply won't
pray.
3.
... pray.
BB xxxii(xxx),
The Doctor's Opinion
I
earnestly advise
every
alcoholic to
read
this book through, and though perhaps he
came to
scoff, he may
remain to
pray.
4.
... pray about it, having the other one's ...
BB p.82,
Into Action
Each might
pray about it, having the other one's
happiness uppermost in
mind.
5.
... pray for myself, except as my requests ...
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
Never was I to
pray for
myself,
except as my
requests bore on my
usefulness to others.
6.
... pray for our own selfish ends.
BB p.87,
Into Action
We are
careful never to
pray for our
own selfish ends.
7.
... pray for the right ideal, for guidance ...
BB p.70,
How It Works
To
sum up about
sex: We
earnestly pray for the
right ideal, for
guidance in each
questionable situation, for
sanity, and
for the
strength to do the
right thing.
8.
... pray for these specific things.
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
We say to ourselves, "This one ought to be
cured of
his
fatal malady," or "That
one ought to be
relieved of his
emotional pain," and we
pray for these
specific
things.
9.
... pray only with the greatest exertion of ...
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
All of us, without
exception,
pass through
times when we can
pray only with the
greatest exertion of
will.
10.
... pray that God's will, whatever it is, ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
It is
A.A.'s
experience
that
particularly in these
cases we ought to
pray that
God's will, whatever it is, be done for others as well as
for ourselves.
11.
... pray that you now remove from me ...
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.
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