From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... elimination of
alcohol, there was found to ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
2.
... elimination of
our drinking is but a ...
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
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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