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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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POSSESSED   occurs   7 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... possessed a cancer cure, they might be ...    12&12 p.151,  Tradition Five
If a group of doctors possessed a cancer cure, they might be conscience-stricken if they failed their mission through self-seeking.

2.
... possessed a spare key.    12&12 p.168,  Tradition Eight
Even more important, an empty club couldn't answer its telephone, but it was an open invitation to a drunk on a binge who possessed a spare key.


3.
... possessed by the idea that future happiness ...    BB p.123,  The Family Afterward   Go to page 123 in the Big Book
The family may be possessed by the idea that future happiness can be based only upon forgetfulness of the past.


4.
... possessed of a new sense of power ...    BB p.46,  We Agnostics   Go to page 46 in the Big Book
As soon as we admitted the possible existence of a Creative Intelligence, a Spirit of the Universe underlying the totality of things, we began to be possessed of a new sense of power and direction, provided we took other simple steps.


5.
... possessed of a spiritual experience, the alcoholic ...    BB p.131,  The Family Afterward   Go to page 131 in the Big Book
Being possessed of a spiritual experience, the alcoholic will find he has much in common with these people, though he may differ with them on many matters.

6.
... possessed of nothing but a high and ...    12&12 p.123,  Step Twelve
As to our grandiose behavior, we insisted that we had been possessed of nothing but a high and legitimate ambition to win the battle of life.

7.
... possessed or would fail to get something ...    12&12 p.76,  Step Seven
The chief activator of our defects has been self-centered fear -- primarily fear that we would lose something we already possessed or would fail to get something we demanded.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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