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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
GRIM occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... grim because
we felt our lives and ...
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
We were
grim because we
felt
our
lives and
homes were
threatened, and that was no
laughing matter.
2.
... grim jest.
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
Judging from what I had seen in
Europe and since, the
power of
God in
human affairs was
negligible,
the
Brotherhood of
Man a
grim jest.
3.
... grim truth
about alcoholism.
BB p.144,
To Employers
Whether your
employee likes it or not, he will
learn
the
grim truth about
alcoholism.
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