From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
UNWILLING occurs
4 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... unwilling to
admit that he cannot take ...
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
There is the
type of
man who is
unwilling to
admit that he
cannot take a
drink.
2.
... unwilling to
admit we were real alcoholics.
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
Most of us have been
unwilling to
admit we were
real alcoholics.
3.
Unwilling to
be honest with these sympathetic ...
BB p.73,
Into Action
Unwilling to be
honest with
these
sympathetic men,
we were
honest with no one else.
4.
... unwilling to
give up, we ought to ...
12&12 p.68,
Step Six
Looking again at those
defects we are still
unwilling
to
give up, we ought to
erase
the
hard-and-
fast lines that we have
drawn.
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