From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... oblivion.
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
2.
... oblivion.
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
3.
... oblivion and
the awful awakening to face ...
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
Momentarily we did -- then would come oblivion and the awful awakening to face the hideous Four Horsemen -- Terror, Bewilderment,
Frustration, Despair.
4.
... oblivion every
day.
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
Those of us who live in large cities are overcome by the reflection that close by
hundreds are dropping
into oblivion every day.
5.
... oblivion it
brought.
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
When our drinking had become much worse, money was only an urgent requirement which
could supply us with the next drink and the temporary comfort of
oblivion it brought.
6.
... oblivion looks
possible as a solution.
12&12 p.45,
Step Four
As we morbidly pursue
this melancholy activity, we may sink to such a point of despair that nothing but
oblivion looks possible as a solution.
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