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June 1956

Twelve Steps and the Older Member

Step Twelve: <emphasis type="italic">Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.</emphasis>

To hear AAs talking about "twelfth-stepping" made a deep impression on me when I first cast my lot with them. They were using the term not as a noun, which is more or less inactive, but as a verb, which is usually active. That Step Twelve means action is a thought I've tried to hang on to.

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