From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... distressingly acute.
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
But just like all other societies, we do have
sex and marital problems, and sometimes
they are distressingly acute.
2.
... distressingly drunk
and let their groups down ...
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
3.
Distressingly enough,
Ed proceeded to stay sober.
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
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