From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
1.
... sharply.
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
2.
... sharply defined
as the examples given.
12&12 p.48,
Step Four
3.
... sharply limited
in its authority.
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
In either case, the group now has a so-called rotating committee, very sharply limited in its authority.
4.
... sharply reversed,
often going much too far ...
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
Upon entering A.A., these attitudes were
sharply reversed, often going much too far in the opposite direction.
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