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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DESPERATION occurs
2 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... desperation of
drowning men.
BB p.28,
There Is A Solution
We, in our
turn,
sought the
same
escape with all the
desperation of
drowning men.
2.
... desperation, we
have even got tight ourselves ...
BB p.106,
To Wives
In
desperation, we have even got
tight ourselves -- the
drunk to
end all
drunks.
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