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... desperate alcoholics
tried A.A., but did not ...
12&12
Step One, p.23
Many less desperate alcoholics tried A.A., but did not succeed because they could
not make the admission of
hopelessness.
2.
... desperate case,
and that above all he ...
12&12
Tradition Three, p.142
3.
... desperate cases
could swallow and digest this ...
12&12
Step One, p.22
In A.A.'s pioneering time, none but the most desperate cases could swallow and digest this unpalatable truth.
4.
... desperate condition,
brought to me.
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxi
5.
... desperate desire
to stop, but saw no ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.155
He had a desperate desire to
stop, but saw no way out, for
he had earnestly tried many avenues of escape.
6.
... desperate desire
to stop was explained.
BB
Bill's Story, p.7
7.
... desperate enough
to accept with eagerness what ...
BB
Working With Others, p.96
8.
... desperate experiment
of the first drink?
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.35
What sort of thinking dominates an alcoholic
who repeats time after time the desperate experiment of the first drink?
9.
... desperate one,
recovered immediately and became A.A. ...
BB
Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvii
10.
... desperate ones,
too.
12&12
Step Three, p.36
Silently and surely, electricity, that strange
energy so few people understand, meets our simplest daily needs, and our most desperate ones, too.
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