From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... faces, and
the steady gaze they focused ...
12&12 p.137,
Tradition Two
2.
... faces of
the women, that indefinable something ...
BB p.160,
A Vision For You
The expression on the faces of the women, that indefinable something
in the eyes of the men, the stimulating and electric atmosphere of
the place, conspired to
let him know that here was haven at last.
3.
... faces up
to the light.
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
In that time nothing could
be seen but two struggling, nameless groups of alcoholics trying to hold their faces up to the light.
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