From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
RESERVATION occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... 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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