From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
TWISTS occurs
2 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... twists that
have so often stemmed from ...
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
Our
main problem is not how
we are to
stay married; it
is how to be more
happily married by
eliminating
the
severe emotional
twists that have so often
stemmed from
alcoholism.
2.
... twists which
have since discolored our personalities ...
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
At the
time of these
occurrences, they may
actually have
given our
emotions violent twists which have since
discolored our
personalities and
altered our
lives for the
worse.
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