From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SEEMINGLY occurs
6 times
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1.
... seemingly above-board
chap could be so involved.
BB p.140,
To Employers
You may be at a
loss to
understand how such a
seemingly above-
board chap could be so
involved.
2.
... seemingly caused
by the behavior of others, ...
12&12 p.52,
Step Four
Or, if my
disturbance was
seemingly caused by the
behavior of others, why do I
lack the
ability to
accept conditions I
cannot
change?
3.
Seemingly he
could not drink even if ...
BB p.57,
We Agnostics
Seemingly he could not
drink
even if he would.
4.
... seemingly hopeless
state of mind and body.
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
We, of
Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one
hundred men and
women who have
recovered
from a
seemingly hopeless
state of
mind and
body.
5.
... seemingly tragic
experience out of the past.
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
Outsiders are sometimes
shocked when we
burst into
merriment over a
seemingly
tragic experience out
of the
past.
6.
... seemingly without
provocation, but we invariably find ...
BB p.62,
How It Works
Sometimes they
hurt us,
seemingly without
provocation, but we
invariably find that at some
time in the
past we have made
decisions based on
self which
later placed us in a
position to
be
hurt.
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