From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SWORN occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... sworn great
solemn oaths that they were ...
BB p.105,
To Wives
Our
men have
sworn great solemn oaths that they were through
drinking forever.
2.
... sworn off.
BB p.85,
Into Action
We have not even sworn off.
3.
... sworn that
I'd never touch another drop ...
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
I've
prayed to
God on
hangover mornings and
sworn that I'd
never touch another
drop but by
nine o'clock I'd be
boiled as an
owl."
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