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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
EXCEPTIONAL occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... exceptional abilities?
12&12 p.51,
Step Four
Or by
griping that others
failed to
recognize my
truly exceptional abilities?
2.
... exceptional man,
he remained bone dry for ...
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
3.
... exceptional men
lost to this world because ...
BB p.137,
To Employers
Here were
three exceptional
men lost to this
world because I did not
understand alcoholism
as I do now.
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