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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DESPERATE occurs
10 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... desperate alcoholics
tried A.A., but did not ...
12&12 p.23,
Step One
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 p.142,
Tradition Three
He soon
proved that his was a
desperate case, and that above all
he
wanted to get well.
3.
... desperate cases
could swallow and digest this ...
12&12 p.22,
Step One
4.
... desperate condition,
brought to me.
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
He was
rescued by a
searching party, and, in
desperate condition,
brought to me.
5.
... desperate desire
to stop, but saw no ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
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 p.7,
Bill's Story
7.
... desperate enough
to accept with eagerness what ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
You are
sure to find someone
desperate enough to
accept with
eagerness what
you
offer.
8.
... desperate experiment
of the first drink?
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
9.
... desperate one,
recovered immediately and became A.A. ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
10.
... desperate ones,
too.
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
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