From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DYING occurs
4 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... dying can
be.
12&12 p.24,
Step One
Then, and only then, do we
become as
open-
minded to
conviction and as
willing to
listen as the
dying can be.
2.
... dying day.
BB p.149,
To Employers
He will
work like the
devil
and
thank you to his
dying day.
3.
... dying helplessly
like people in a sinking ...
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
Near you,
alcoholics are
dying helplessly like
people in a
sinking ship.
4.
... dying that
one awakens to Eternal Life.
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
It is by
dying that one
awakens to
Eternal Life.
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