From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... considerable damage
in its waste of time, ...
BB p.148,
To Employers
Alcoholism may be causing your organization considerable
damage in its waste of time, men and reputation.
2.
... considerable experience,
is sound, and who is ...
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
The elder statesman is
the one who sees the wisdom of the group's decision, who holds no resentment over his reduced status, whose judgment, fortified by
considerable experience,
is sound, and who is willing to sit quietly on the sidelines
patiently awaiting developments.
3.
... considerable extent
with some of us.
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
4.
... considerable period
we get worse, never better.
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
5.
... considerable period,
you may yet be a ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
6.
... considerable property
of genuine use to A.A. ...
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Six (Long)
We think, therefore,
that any considerable property of genuine use to A.A. should be separately incorporated and managed, thus dividing the material
from the spiritual.
7.
... considerable property
of genuine use to A.A. ...
BB p.563(565),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
We think, therefore,
that any considerable property of genuine use to A.A. should be separately incorporated and managed, thus dividing the material
from the spiritual.
8.
... considerable stomach
trouble.
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
9.
... considerable, we
physicians must admit we have ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
Though the aggregate of
recoveries resulting from psychiatric effort is
considerable, we physicians must admit we have made little impression upon the problem as a whole.
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