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

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STARK   occurs   3 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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... stark and ugly facts have been confirmed ...   BB p.24, There Is A Solution   Go to page 24 in the Big Book
These stark and ugly facts have been confirmed by legions of alcoholics throughout history.

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... stark fact is accepted, our bankruptcy as ...   12&12 p.21, Step One
Once this stark fact is accepted, our bankruptcy as going human concerns is complete.

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... stark relief those experiences we'd rather not ...   12&12 p.55, Step Five
If we have swept the searchlight of Step Four back and forth over our careers, and it has revealed in stark relief those experiences we'd rather not remember, if we have come to know how wrong thinking and action have hurt us and others, then the need to quit living by ourselves with those tormenting ghosts of yesterday gets more urgent than ever.


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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