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BROKER   occurs   8 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... broker.   12&12 p.16, Foreword
Alcoholics Anonymous began in 1935 at Akron, Ohio, as the outcome of a meeting between a well-known surgeon and a New York broker.


2.
... broker friends to send me out looking ...   BB p.2, Bill's Story   Go to page 2 in the Big Book
I failed to persuade my broker friends to send me out looking over factories and managements, but my wife and I decided to go anyway.


3.
... broker gave him Dr. Silkworth's description of ...   BB xvi, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
But when the broker gave him Dr. Silkworth's description of alcoholism and its hopelessness, the physician began to pursue the spiritual remedy for his malady with a willingness he had never before been able to muster.


4.
... broker had been relieved of his drink ...   BB xv, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
Six months earlier, the broker had been relieved of his drink obsession by a sudden spiritual experience, following a meeting with an alcoholic friend who had been in contact with the Oxford Groups of that day.


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... broker had gone to Akron on a ...   BB xvi, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
The broker had gone to Akron on a business venture which had collapsed, leaving him greatly in fear that he might start drinking again.


6.
... broker had learned the grave nature of ...   BB xvi, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
From this doctor, the broker had learned the grave nature of alcoholism.


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... broker had worked hard with many alcoholics ...   BB xvi, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
Prior to his journey to Akron, the broker had worked hard with many alcoholics on the theory that only an alcoholic could help an alcoholic, but he had succeeded only in keeping sober himself.


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... broker returned to New York in the ...   BB xvii, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
When the broker returned to New York in the fall of 1935, the first A.A. group had actually been formed, though no one realized it at the time.


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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