From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... career.
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
An exceptional man, he
remained bone dry for twenty-five years and retired at the age of fifty-five, after a successful and happy business career.
2.
... career ahead
of him.
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
He often possesses special abilities, skills, and aptitudes, and
has a promising career ahead of him.
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
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