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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

relatives
relativity
relax
RELEASE   occurs   11 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
released
releases
relentlessly

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1.
... release.   BB p.154, A Vision For You   Go to page 154 in the Big Book
In there he would find companionship and release.


2.
... release, and constantly thinking how they might ...   BB p.159, A Vision For You   Go to page 159 in the Big Book
Seeing much of each other, scarce an evening passed that someone's home did not shelter a little gathering of men and women, happy in their release, and constantly thinking how they might present their discovery to some newcomer.


3.
... release, but liked to tell ourselves it ...   BB p.55, We Agnostics   Go to page 55 in the Big Book
We had seen spiritual release, but liked to tell ourselves it wasn't true.


4.
... release from a lifetime of frustration knew ...   BB p.128, The Family Afterward   Go to page 128 in the Big Book
Joy at our release from a lifetime of frustration knew no bounds.

5.
... release from alcoholism, why then shouldn't we ...   12&12 p.64, Step Six
Having been granted a perfect release from alcoholism, why then shouldn't we be able to achieve by the same means a perfect release from every other difficulty or defect?


6.
... release from care, boredom and worry.   BB p.151, A Vision For You   Go to page 151 in the Big Book
It means release from care, boredom and worry.


7.
... release from care, boredom and worry.   BB p.152, A Vision For You   Go to page 152 in the Big Book
There you will find release from care, boredom and worry.

8.
... release from every other difficulty or defect?   12&12 p.64, Step Six
Having been granted a perfect release from alcoholism, why then shouldn't we be able to achieve by the same means a perfect release from every other difficulty or defect?

9.
... release from our more devastating handicaps.   12&12 p.74, Step Seven
By this time in all probability we have gained some measure of release from our more devastating handicaps.

10.
... release from this very obstinate and potentially ...   12&12 p.64, Step Six
It is plain for everybody to see that each sober A.A. member has been granted a release from this very obstinate and potentially fatal obsession.

11.
... release, my obsession to drink vanished.   12&12 p.63, Step Six
But when I became willing to clean house and then asked a Higher Power, God as I understood Him, to give me release, my obsession to drink vanished.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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