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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
KEEPS occurs
5 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... keeps.
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
It's
bad enough, he
thinks, to
admit alcohol has him down for
keeps.
2.
... keeps."
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
They are always "
going on the
wagon for
keeps."
3.
... keeps away
from drink, as he may ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
We
know that while the
alcoholic keeps away from
drink, as he may do for
months
or
years, he
reacts much
like other
men.
4.
... keeps one
from putting his hand on ...
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
There is a
complete failure of the
kind of
defense that
keeps one from
putting his
hand on a
hot stove.
5.
... keeps repeating
to me, 'What would the ...
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
Something
keeps repeating
to me, 'What would the
Master do?'"
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