From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
UTTER occurs
4 times
(
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1.
... utter confidence.
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
There was
utter confidence.
2.
... utter defeat
are we able to take ...
12&12 p.21,
Step One
We
perceive that only through
utter defeat are we able to take
our
first steps toward liberation and
strength.
3.
... utter failure
is always the result.
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
We've
tried it
lots of
times, but
utter failure is always the
result.
4.
... utter inability
to leave it alone, no ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
This is the
baffling feature of
alcoholism as
we
know it -- this
utter inability to
leave it
alone, no
matter how
great
the
necessity or the
wish.
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