From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
REGAINING occurs
one time
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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... regaining control,
but such intervals -- usually brief ...
BB p.30,
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All of us
felt at
times that
we were
regaining control,
but such
intervals -- usually
brief -- were
inevitably
followed by still
less control, which
led in
time to
pitiful and
incomprehensible demoralization.
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