From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... bender.
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
Some time later, and just as he thought he was getting control of his liquor situation, he went on a roaring bender.
2.
... bender, and
that chance vanished.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
3.
... bender, get
up in the morning, shake ...
BB p.139,
To Employers
Of an evening, you can go on
a mild bender, get up in the morning, shake your head and go to business.
4.
... bender, the
chances are he will offer ...
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
If you ask him why he started on that last bender, the chances are he will offer you any one of a hundred alibis.
5.
... bender was
only a good man's fault.
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
Those who did would sometimes assure us that,
after all, a lively bender was only a good man's fault.
6.
... bender which,
if an alcoholic, he is ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
If he temporizes and still thinks he can ever drink again, even beer, he might as well be discharged after the next bender which, if an alcoholic, he is almost certain to have.
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