From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DESPAIRED occurs
one time
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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... despaired of
ever solving them, suddenly finds ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
On the other
hand -- and
strange as this may
seem to
those who do not
understand -- once a
psychic change has
occurred, the very same
person who
seemed doomed, who had so many
problems he
despaired of ever
solving them,
suddenly
finds himself
easily able
to
control his
desire for
alcohol, the only
effort
necessary being that
required to
follow a few
simple rules.
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