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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
FAILS occurs
4 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... fails, if
you go about it with ...
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
It
never fails, if you
go about it with
one half the
zeal you have been in
the
habit of
showing when
you were
getting another
drink.
2.
... fails somewhat
in practicing them.
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
3.
... fails to
show unselfishness and love under ...
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
4.
... fails to
whip up a hurricane, and ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
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