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


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... bottles.   12&12 p.100, Step Eleven
When such thoughts break in, we might recall, a little ruefully, how much store we used to set by imagination as it tried to create reality out of bottles.


2.
... bottles a day, and often three, got ...   BB p.5, Bill's Story   Go to page 5 in the Big Book
"Bathtub" gin, two bottles a day, and often three, got to be routine.


3.
... bottles, and -- oblivion.   BB p.6, Bill's Story   Go to page 6 in the Big Book
So two bottles, and -- oblivion.


4.
... bottles if we go to their houses; ...   BB p.101, Working With Others   Go to page 100 in the Big Book
People have said we must not go where liquor is served; we must not have it in our homes; we must shun friends who drink; we must avoid moving pictures which show drinking scenes; we must not go into bars; our friends must hide their bottles if we go to their houses; we mustn't think or be reminded about alcohol at all.


5.
... bottles of beer would be required if ...   BB p.5, Bill's Story   Go to page 5 in the Big Book
A tumbler full of gin followed by half a dozen bottles of beer would be required if I were to eat any breakfast.


6.
Bottles were only a symbol.   BB p.103, Working With Others   Go to page 103 in the Big Book
Bottles were only a symbol.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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