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

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BROKE   occurs   12 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... broke.   12&12 p.136, Tradition Two
But you're giving this work full time, and you're broke.

2.
... broke.   12&12 p.160, Tradition Seven
In early times, we were all broke.


3.
... broke.   BB p.4, Bill's Story   Go to page 4 in the Big Book
This time we stayed broke.


4.
... broke.   BB p.64, How It Works   Go to page 64 in the Big Book
A business which takes no regular inventory usually goes broke.


5.
... broke.   BB p.154, A Vision For You   Go to page 154 in the Big Book
Bitterly discouraged, he found himself in a strange place, discredited and almost broke.


6.
... broke and homeless.   BB p.96, Working With Others   Go to page 96 in the Big Book
He may be broke and homeless.

7.
... broke anonymity to thump the tub for ...   12&12 p.170, Tradition Eight
Unthinkingly, A.A.'s so employed recklessly broke anonymity to thump the tub for their pet enterprise.

8.
... broke in 1941, thousands of frantic letters ...   12&12 p.162, Tradition Seven
He explains that when Jack Alexander's Saturday Evening Post piece broke in 1941, thousands of frantic letters from distraught alcoholics and their families hit the Foundation(*) letterbox in New York.


9.
... broke loose on the New York stock ...   BB p.4, Bill's Story   Go to page 4 in the Big Book
Abruptly in October 1929 hell broke loose on the New York stock exchange.

10.
... broke out, this spiritual principle had its ...   12&12 p.38, Step Three
When World War II broke out, this spiritual principle had its first major test.

11.
... broke the club was.   12&12 p.163, Tradition Seven
During the intermission, the treasurer gave a timid talk on how broke the club was.

12.
... broke, while its individual members waxed prosperous.   12&12 p.161, Tradition Seven
So A.A., the movement, started and stayed broke, while its individual members waxed prosperous.


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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