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From the books  ... 
 Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
 Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
 
 
 
 
  OBVIOUSLY   occurs   
11 times
  6 in BB  •  5 in 12&12
  Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
  
 
 
 
 
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1.
 Obviously.
2.
 Obviously, 
A.A. had to be 
publicized somehow, so we
 
resorted to the 
idea that it
 would be 
far better to 
let our 
friends do this for us.
 
3.
4.
 Obviously it had not.
5.
 That the 
man who is 
making the
 
approach has had the 
same difficulty, that he 
obviously
 knows what he is 
talking
 about, that his 
whole deportment shouts at the 
new prospect that he is a 
man with a 
real answer, that he has 
no attitude of 
Holier Than 
Thou, 
nothing whatever except the 
sincere desire to be 
helpful; that there are 
no fees to 
pay, 
no
 axes to 
grind, 
no people to 
please, 
no lectures to be 
endured --
 these are the 
conditions we have 
found most 
effective.
6.
 
   ... obviously necessary 
 to raise the bottom the ... 
   12&12 
 Step One, p.23
 
 ... obviously necessary 
 to raise the bottom the ... 
   12&12 
 Step One, p.23
 
 It was 
obviously necessary
 to 
raise the 
bottom the 
rest of us had 
hit to the 
point where it would 
hit them.
7.
 Obviously, 
no rule can be 
laid down.
 
8.
9.
 Obviously, the 
dilemma of the
 
wanderer from 
faith is that
 of 
profound confusion.
 
10.
 So we 
shall describe some
 of the 
mental states that 
precede a 
relapse into 
drinking, for 
obviously this is
 the 
crux of the 
problem.
11.
 But 
obviously you cannot 
transmit something you
 haven't 
got.
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