From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... bills, and
makes a regular report at ...
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
Their treasurer, strictly accountable,
takes money from the hat that is passed, banks it, pays the rent and other bills, and makes a regular report at business meetings.
2.
... bills and
seldom drank at home.
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
3.
... bills at
the bars and delicatessens.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
Sometimes a small deal would net a few hundred dollars, and I would pay my
bills at the bars and delicatessens.
4.
... bills in
arrears and standing damaged.
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
It was the usual situation: home in jeopardy, wife ill, children distracted, bills in arrears and standing damaged.
5.
... bills, that's
really news.
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
When a society composed
entirely of alcoholics says it's going to pay its bills, that's really news.
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