From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
VANISH occurs
3 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... vanish as
soon as they are exposed.
12&12 p.62,
Step Five
The
dammed-up
emotions
of
years break out of their
confinement, and
miraculously vanish as
soon as they are
exposed.
2.
... vanish in
a twinkling.
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
3.
... vanish, to
see a fellowship grow up ...
BB p.89,
Working With Others
To
watch people
recover,
to see them
help others, to
watch loneliness vanish, to see a
fellowship grow up about you, to have a
host
of
friends -- this is an
experience you
must not
miss.
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