INSURE in Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions

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

insufficient

insulted

insurance

INSURE occurs 5 times (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)

insured

intact

integrity

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... insure effective leadership, we should endow each ... BB p.574, Appendix VII, Twelve Concepts (Short Form)

III. To insure effective leadership, we should endow each element of A.A. -- the Conference, the General Service Board and its service corporations, staffs, committees, and executives -- with a traditional "Right of Decision."

... insure foolproof, continuous operation, sixty-one rules and ... 12&12 p.148, Tradition Four

To insure foolproof, continuous operation, sixty-one rules and regulations were adopted.

... insure his sobriety than anything else. BB p.129, The Family Afterward

During those first days of convalescence, this will do more to insure his sobriety than anything else.

... insure immunity from drinking as intensive work ... BB p.89, Working With Others

Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics.

... insure your sobriety no matter how isolated ... BB p.573(575), Appendix VI, How to Get in Touch With A.A.

If there is none nearby, you will be invited to carry on a correspondence which will do much to insure your sobriety no matter how isolated you are.

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