From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
CONSTERNATION occurs
4 times
(
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1.
... consternation, Ed
appeared.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
To their
consternation,
Ed appeared.
2.
... consternation, he
found himself drunk half a ...
BB p.35,
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To his
consternation, he
found himself
drunk half a
dozen times in
rapid succession.
3.
... consternation, that
this is only the first ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
Then we
learn, often to our
consternation, that this is only the
first milestone on the new
road we are
walking.
4.
... consternation, we
saw ourselves getting married to ...
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
In
consternation, we saw ourselves
getting married to all
kinds of
enterprises,
some
good and some not so
good.
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