From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
AFFORD occurs
6 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... afford all
who read it a close-up ...
12&12 p.18,
Foreword
It is
hoped that this
volume will
afford all who
read it a
close-up
view of the
principles and
forces which have made
Alcoholics Anonymous
what it is.
2.
... afford him
an opportunity to hear my ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
Why not at
least afford him
an
opportunity to
hear
my
story?
3.
... afford it,
he may have liquor concealed ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
If he can
afford it, he may have
liquor concealed all over
his
house to be
certain no
one gets his
entire supply
away from him to
throw down the
wastepipe.
4.
... afford private
treatment, and A.A. is by ...
BB p.570(572),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
Dr.
John F.
Stouffer,
Chief Psychiatrist,
Philadelphia General
Hospital,
citing his
experience with
A.A., said:
"The
alcoholics we get here at
Philadelphia General
are mostly those who cannot
afford private treatment, and
A.A. is by far the
greatest
thing we have been able to
offer them.
5.
... afford to
take the chance of letting ...
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
6.
... afford us
to be useful and helpful, ...
12&12 p.102,
Step Eleven
Perhaps we
think of our
day's
work and the
chances it may
afford us to be
useful and
helpful, or of some
special problem that it may
bring.
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and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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