From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... repeated.
BB p.81,
Into Action
2.
... repeated humiliations
that we were forced to ...
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
3.
... repeated over
and over, and unless this ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
This is repeated over and over, and unless this person can experience an
entire psychic change there is very little hope of his recovery.
4.
... repeated stumbling
convinces him he must act, ...
BB p.113,
To Wives
Wait until repeated stumbling convinces him he must act, for the more you hurry him the longer his recovery may be delayed.
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