From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
CAREER occurs
5 times
(
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1.
... career.
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
2.
... career ahead
of him.
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
3.
... career he
begins to lose all control ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
He may
start off as a
moderate drinker; he may
or may not
become a
continuous hard drinker; but at some
stage of
his
drinking career he
begins to
lose all
control of his
liquor consumption, once he
starts to
drink.
4.
... career of
almost every alcoholic has been ...
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
Now and then the
family will be
plagued by
spectres from
the
past, for the
drinking
career of almost every
alcoholic has been
marked
by
escapades,
funny,
humiliating,
shameful
or
tragic.
5.
... career up
to the time you quit.
BB p.91,
Working With Others
If he is not
communicative,
give him a
sketch of your
drinking career up to the
time you
quit.
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