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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

despaired
despairing
desperate
DESPERATELY   occurs   3 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
desperation
despised
despite

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1.
... desperately in need, will see these pages, ...   BB p.29, There Is A Solution   Go to page 29 in the Big Book
Our hope is that many alcoholic men and women, desperately in need, will see these pages, and we believe that it is only by fully disclosing ourselves and our problems that they will be persuaded to say, "Yes, I am one of them too; I must have this thing."

2.
... desperately unhappy and threaten his newfound sobriety.   12&12 p.39, Step Three
They simply will not budge; they make him desperately unhappy and threaten his newfound sobriety.


3.
... desperately wants to stop but cannot.   BB p.110, To Wives   Go to page 110 in the Big Book
He may have come to the point where he desperately wants to stop but cannot.


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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