From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
NEAR occurs
14 times
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1.
... near.
BB p.107,
To Wives
2.
... near.
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
3.
... near being
just that.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
4.
... near by,
touching a book.
12&12 p.145,
Tradition Three
As he
tossed on his
bed, his
hand brushed the
bureau near by,
touching a
book.
5.
... near-fatal encounter
with the juggernaut of self-will, ...
12&12 p.37,
Step Three
6.
... near home.
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
7.
... near others,
or we were apt to ...
12&12 p.57,
Step Five
8.
... near putting
Galileo to death for his ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
9.
Near the
end of that bleak November, ...
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
10.
... near the
head of our bed.
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
11.
... near to
Him He disclosed Himself to ...
BB p.57,
We Agnostics
When we
drew near to Him He
disclosed Himself to us!
12.
... near-wreck and
he cannot hold a position.
BB p.110,
To Wives
His
friends have
slipped
away, his
home is a
near-
wreck and he cannot
hold a
position.
13.
... near yielding.
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
But at
no time have I been
anywhere near yielding.
14.
Near you,
alcoholics are dying helplessly like ...
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
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