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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

failing
failings
fails
FAILURES   occurs   4 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
See also...     failure
faintly
fair
fairly

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1.
... failures.   12&12 p.47, Step Four
We had to drink because at work we were great successes or dismal failures.


2.
... failures, but in those cases they made ...   BB p.159, A Vision For You   Go to page 159 in the Big Book
They experienced a few distressing failures, but in those cases they made an effort to bring the man's family into a spiritual way of living, thus relieving much worry and suffering.


3.
... failures, but there was an occasional heartening ...   BB xvii, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
There were many failures, but there was an occasional heartening success.


4.
... failures to find others, a fourth turned ...   BB p.158, A Vision For You   Go to page 158 in the Big Book
After several failures to find others, a fourth turned up.


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