From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
KEEPS occurs
6 times
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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?'"
6.
... keeps you
from accepting what is in ...
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
If you
think you are an
atheist, an
agnostic, a
skeptic, or have
any other form of
intellectual pride which
keeps you from
accepting
what is in this
book, I
feel
sorry for you.
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