From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DOOMED occurs
5 times
(
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1.
... doomed.
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
Much has been
written pro
and
con, but among
physicians, the
general
opinion seems to be that
most
chronic alcoholics are
doomed.
2.
... doomed to
an alcoholic death or to ...
BB p.44,
We Agnostics
To be
doomed to an
alcoholic death or to
live on a
spiritual basis are not always
easy alternatives to
face.
3.
... doomed to
failure.
BB p.101,
Working With Others
4.
... doomed, who
had so many problems he ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
On the other
hand -- and
strange as this may
seem to
those who do not
understand -- once a
psychic change has
occurred, the very same
person who
seemed doomed, who had so many
problems
he
despaired of ever
solving them,
suddenly finds himself
easily able to
control his
desire for
alcohol, the only
effort necessary being that
required to
follow a few
simple rules.
5.
... doomed who
never realize their predicament.
BB p.92,
Working With Others
Explain that many are
doomed who
never realize their
predicament.
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