From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
ELIMINATION occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... elimination of
alcohol, there was found to ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
Following the
elimination
of
alcohol, there was
found to be no
permanent brain injury.
2.
... elimination of
our drinking is but a ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
We
feel that
elimination of
our
drinking is but a
beginning.
3.
... elimination of
the worst of these defects, ...
12&12 p.50,
Step Four
By now the
newcomer has
probably arrived at the
following conclusions: that his
character defects,
representing instincts gone astray, have been the
primary cause of his
drinking and his
failure
at
life; that
unless he is
now
willing to
work hard at the
elimination of the
worst of these
defects, both
sobriety and
peace of
mind will still
elude him; that
all the
faulty foundation of his
life will
have to be
torn out and
built
anew on
bedrock.
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