From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DISCOURAGEMENT occurs
2 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... discouragement and
pessimism.
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
Or maybe it will
tempt us to
discouragement and
pessimism.
2.
... discouragement, for
I saw that I had ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
I
wanted to
throw up my
hands in
discouragement, for I
saw that I had
failed to
help my
banker friend understand.
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