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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
KEEPING occurs
4 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... keeping him
on.
BB p.141,
To Employers
You are not
doing him a
favor by
keeping him on.
2.
... keeping on
guard.
BB p.40,
More About Alcoholism
I
felt I had
every right to be
self-
confident, that it would be only a
matter of
exercising my
will power and
keeping on
guard.
3.
... keeping sober
himself.
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
Prior to his
journey to
Akron, the
broker had
worked hard with
many alcoholics on the
theory that only an
alcoholic could
help an
alcoholic, but he had
succeeded only in
keeping sober himself.
4.
... keeping them
under control.
BB p.117,
To Wives
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