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From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DESPAIR occurs
11 times
6 in BB • 5 in 12&12
Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
Many times I have
gone to my
old hospital in
despair.
2.
Four: You may have a
husband
of whom you
completely despair.
3.
4.
5.
6.
And this they did
find, in
measure to
transcend all
the
defects of their
frail
craft,
every test of
uncertainty,
pain,
fear, and
despair, and
even the
death of
one.
7.
8.
"
Lord,
make me a
channel of
thy peace -- that where there is
hatred, I may
bring love -- that where there is
wrong,
I may
bring the
spirit of
forgiveness -- that where there is
discord, I may
bring harmony -- that where there is
error, I may
bring truth -- that where there is
doubt, I may
bring faith -- that where there is
despair, I may
bring hope -- that where there are
shadows, I may
bring light -- that where there is
sadness, I may
bring joy.
9.
In the
face of
collapse and
despair, in the
face of the
total failure of their
human resources, they
found that a
new power,
peace,
happiness, and
sense of
direction flowed into them.
10.
11.
... despair that
nothing but oblivion looks possible ...
12&12
Step Four, p.45
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