From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
HELPLESSNESS occurs
2 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... helplessness are
his lot.
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
Disillusionment and
helplessness are his
lot.
2.
... helplessness, you
now declare that none but ...
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
Having
reduced us to a
state of
absolute helplessness, you now
declare
that
none but a
Higher Power can
remove our
obsession.
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