From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... account.
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
Suppose, for instance,
that we have drunk up a good chunk of our firm's money, whether by "borrowing" or
on a heavily padded expense account.
2.
... account.
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
At the end of it, my reports
to Wall Street procured me a position
there and the use of a large
expense account.
3.
... account.
BB p.78,
Into Action
4.
... account.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
5.
... account.
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
6.
... account.
BB p.124,
The Family Afterward
7.
... account:
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
8.
... account.
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
9.
... account, and
a very healthy slice of ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
10.
... account and
start fresh with him?
BB p.145,
To Employers
11.
... account in
his lifetime.
BB p.127,
The Family Afterward
12.
... account melted
like snow in June.
BB p.106,
To Wives
13.
... account of
extramarital adventuring upon the shoulders ...
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
We cannot, for example, unload a detailed account of extramarital adventuring upon the shoulders of our unsuspecting wife or husband.
14.
... account of
my enormous capacity for beer, ...
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
On account of my enormous
capacity for beer, I was
elected to membership
in one of the drinking societies, and soon became one of the leading spirits.
15.
... account of
our experiences will help everyone ...
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
16.
... account of
the facts.
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
17.
... account of
the struggles you made to ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
18.
... account of
the Wright brothers' first successful ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
Even in the present century, American newspapers were afraid to
print an account of the Wright brothers' first successful flight at Kitty Hawk.
19.
... account or
that he has planned to ...
BB p.145,
To Employers
He may, for example, reveal that he has padded his
expense account or that he
has planned to take your best customers away from you.
20.
... account --
self esteem (fear); security.
BB p.65,
How It Works
My employer -- unreasonable, unjust,
overbearing; threatens to fire me for drinking and padding my expense account -- self esteem (fear); security.
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