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CLOSEST   occurs   3 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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... closest A.A. friend.   12&12 p.39, Step Three
At first that "somebody" is likely to be his closest A.A. friend.

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... closest scrutiny will reveal what our true ...   12&12 p.94, Step Ten
But in other instances only the closest scrutiny will reveal what our true motives were.


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... closest to the supernatural, namely in humiliations ...   BB p.572(574), Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.   Display entire Appendix V
Edward Dowling, S.J.,(*) of the Queen's Work staff, says, "Alcoholics Anonymous is natural; it is natural at the point where nature comes closest to the supernatural, namely in humiliations and in consequent humility.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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