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

absence
absent
absolute
ABSOLUTELY   occurs   16 times 12 in BB  •  4 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
absolve
absorb
abstainer

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1.
  ... absolutely.  BB How It Works, p.58
Some of us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely.


2.
  ... absolutely agree, and upon which we can ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.17
We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action.


3.
  ... absolutely all there is to it.  12&12 Tradition Five, p.152
'That's absolutely all there is to it.


4.
  ... absolutely blank books.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.174
I passed in at least three absolutely blank books.


5.
  ... absolutely convinced he had to stop drinking, ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.40
The story he told is most instructive, for here was a chap absolutely convinced he had to stop drinking, who had no excuse for drinking, who exhibited splendid judgment and determination in all his other concerns, yet was flat on his back nevertheless.


6.
  ... absolutely cut off, then the Foundation would ...  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.164
If outside donations weren't declined, absolutely cut off, then the Foundation would one day become rich.


7.
  ... absolutely dry, if I wished to graduate.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.174
I was, of course, soon on the carpet and the upshot was that I had to go back for two more quarters and remain absolutely dry, if I wished to graduate.


8.
  ... absolutely free to come and go as ...  BB To Wives, p.120
Make him feel absolutely free to come and go as he likes.


9.
  ... absolutely insist on enjoying life.  BB The Family Afterward, p.132
We absolutely insist on enjoying life.


10.
  ... absolutely licked.  12&12 Step Six, p.63
"Sure, I was beaten, absolutely licked.


11.
  ... absolutely necessary, but the price seemed high ...  BB A Vision For You, p.155
A spiritual experience, he conceded, was absolutely necessary, but the price seemed high upon the basis suggested.


12.
  ... absolutely no avail.  BB There Is A Solution, p.24
At a certain point in the drinking of every alcoholic, he passes into a state where the most powerful desire to stop drinking is of absolutely no avail.


13.
  ... absolutely nothing happens in God's world by ...  BB Acceptance, p.417
Nothing, absolutely nothing happens in God's world by mistake.


14.
  ... absolutely on anything they say about themselves.  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvi
You may rely absolutely on anything they say about themselves.


15.
  ... absolutely sure that we are not delaying ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.87
Above all, we should try to be absolutely sure that we are not delaying because we are afraid.


16.
  ... absolutely unable to stop drinking on the ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.39
But the actual or potential alcoholic, with hardly an exception, will be absolutely unable to stop drinking on the basis of self-knowledge.


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