From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
ACUTE occurs
4 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... acute.
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
But just like all other
societies, we do have
sex and
marital problems, and sometimes they are
distressingly acute.
2.
... acute and
constant.
12&12 p.53,
Step Four
3.
... acute because
he cannot use alcohol to ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
He
relies upon the
assurance that his many
troubles, now made more
acute
because he cannot use
alcohol to
kill the
pain, can be
solved, too.
4.
... acute poisoning
from which he suffered, how ...
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
The
man in the
bed was told of
the
acute poisoning from
which he
suffered, how it
deteriorates the
body of
an
alcoholic and
warps
his
mind.
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