From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... hopelessness.
12&12 p.23,
Step One
Many less desperate alcoholics
tried A.A., but did not succeed because they could
not make the admission of
hopelessness.
2.
... hopelessness?
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
3.
... hopelessness and
futility of life as we ...
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
But we saw that it really worked in others, and we had
come to believe in the
hopelessness and futility
of life as we had been living it.
4.
... hopelessness of
alcoholism because you offer a ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
5.
... hopelessness of
the average alcoholic's plight is, ...
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
One of these men, staff member of a world-renowned hospital, recently made this statement to some
of us: "What you say about the general hopelessness of the average alcoholic's plight is, in my opinion, correct.
6.
... hopelessness of
the drunk's dilemma.
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
7.
... hopelessness of
the next morning are unforgettable.
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
8.
... hopelessness, the
physician began to pursue the ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
But when the broker gave him
Dr. Silkworth's description of alcoholism and its hopelessness, the physician began to pursue the spiritual remedy for his
malady with a willingness he had never
before been able to muster.
9.
Hopelessness was
written large on the man's ...
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
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