From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... absolutely.
BB p.58,
How It Works
Some of us have tried to hold
on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely.
2.
... absolutely agree,
and upon which we can ...
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
We have a way out on which we
can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action.
3.
... absolutely all
there is to it.
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
'That's absolutely all there is to it.
4.
... absolutely blank
books.
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
5.
... absolutely convinced
he had to stop drinking, ...
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
The story he told is most instructive, for here was
a chap absolutely convinced he had to stop drinking, who had no excuse for drinking, who exhibited splendid judgment and determination in all his other concerns, yet was flat on his back nevertheless.
6.
... absolutely cut
off, then the Foundation would ...
12&12 p.164,
Tradition Seven
If outside donations
weren't declined, absolutely cut off, then the Foundation would one day become rich.
7.
... absolutely dry,
if I wished to graduate.
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I was, of course, soon on
the carpet and the upshot
was that I had to go back for two more quarters and remain absolutely dry, if I wished to graduate.
8.
... absolutely free
to come and go as ...
BB p.120,
To Wives
9.
... absolutely insist
on enjoying life.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
10.
... absolutely licked.
12&12 p.63,
Step Six
11.
... absolutely necessary,
but the price seemed high ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
A spiritual experience, he conceded, was absolutely necessary, but the price seemed high upon the basis suggested.
12.
... absolutely no
avail.
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
At a certain point in the
drinking of every alcoholic, he passes into
a state where the most powerful desire to stop drinking is of absolutely no avail.
13.
... absolutely nothing
happens in God's world by ...
BB p.417(449),
Acceptance
14.
... absolutely on
anything they say about themselves.
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
15.
... absolutely sure
that we are not delaying ...
12&12 p.87,
Step Nine
16.
... absolutely unable
to stop drinking on the ...
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
But the actual or potential alcoholic,
with hardly an exception, will be absolutely unable to stop drinking on the basis of self-knowledge.
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