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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
LESSENED occurs
2 times
(
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1.
... lessened.
BB p.115,
To Wives
Then that
terrible tension which
grips the
home of every
problem drinker will be
lessened.
2.
... lessened as
one obstacle after another melts ...
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
But if a
willing start is
made, then the
great advantages of doing this will so
quickly reveal themselves
that the
pain will be
lessened
as one
obstacle after another
melts away.
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