From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SEIZE occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... seize life
preservers, they almost invariably got ...
12&12 p.22,
Step One
But a few did, and when these
laid hold of
A.A. principles with all the
fervor with which the
drowning seize life preservers, they
almost
invariably got well.
2.
... seize upon
his misbehavior as the perfect ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
3.
... seize upon
it, to follow its suggestions.
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
Our
hope is that when this
chip of a book is
launched on
the
world tide of
alcoholism,
defeated drinkers will
seize upon it,
to
follow its suggestions.
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and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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