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

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SOLVING   occurs   5 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... solving his problem which money could buy ...   BB p.32, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 32 in the Big Book
Every means of solving his problem which money could buy was at his disposal.


2.
... solving of these problems become a part ...   BB xxviii(xxvi), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
If any feel that as psychiatrists directing a hospital for alcoholics we appear somewhat sentimental, let them stand with us a while on the firing line, see the tragedies, the despairing wives, the little children; let the solving of these problems become a part of their daily work, and even of their sleeping moments, and the most cynical will not wonder that we have accepted and encouraged this movement.

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... solving our problems that we can begin ...   12&12 p.125, Step Twelve
For it is only by accepting and solving our problems that we can begin to get right with ourselves and with the world about us, and with Him who presides over us all.


4.
... solving them, suddenly finds himself easily able ...   BB xxix(xxvii), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
On the other hand -- and strange as this may seem to those who do not understand -- once a psychic change has occurred, the very same person who seemed doomed, who had so many problems he despaired of ever solving them, suddenly finds himself easily able to control his desire for alcohol, the only effort necessary being that required to follow a few simple rules.


5.
... solving your own domestic problems, tell the ...   BB p.100, Working With Others   Go to page 100 in the Big Book
If you have been successful in solving your own domestic problems, tell the newcomer's family how that was accomplished.


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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