BENDER in Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions

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

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BENDER occurs 6 times (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)

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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.

... bender, and that chance vanished. BB p.5, Bill's Story

Then I went on a prodigious bender, and that chance vanished.

... 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.

... 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.

... 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.

... 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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