From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DISTRESSINGLY occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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
Sometimes, they got
distressingly drunk and let their
groups
down with a
bang.
3.
Distressingly enough,
Ed proceeded to stay sober.
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
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