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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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... sobered me for a bit.   BB p.8, Bill's Story   Go to page 8 in the Big Book
Fear sobered me for a bit.


2.
... sobered, never to drink again up to ...   BB xvi, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
He sobered, never to drink again up to the moment of his death in 1950.


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... sobered up after some relapses, and among ...   BB xx, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
Of alcoholics who came to A.A. and really tried, 50% got sober at once and remained that way; 25% sobered up after some relapses, and among the remainder, those who stayed on with A.A. showed improvement.

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... sobered up, and after doing all we ...   12&12 p.111, Step Twelve
For example, we may set our hearts on getting a particular person sobered up, and after doing all we can for months, we see him relapse.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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