From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... reservation.
BB p.63,
How It Works
The wording was, of course, quite optional so long as we expressed the idea, voicing it without reservation.
2.
... reservation of
any kind, nor any lurking ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
If we are planning to stop
drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol.
3.
... reservation that
we are powerless over alcohol, ...
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
When we have finally admitted without reservation that we are powerless over alcohol, we are apt to breathe a great sigh of relief, saying, "Well, thank God that's over!
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