From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DIVORCE occurs
6 times
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Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... divorce and
he is held up to ...
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
Finally, he can
no longer work, his
wife gets a
divorce and he is
held up to
ridicule.
2.
... divorce and
took the children home to ...
BB p.106,
To Wives
Perhaps at this
point we
got a
divorce and
took the
children home to
father and
mother.
3.
... divorce or
bankruptcy are mystified when he ...
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
Friends who have
reasoned with him
after a
spree which has
brought him
to the
point of
divorce or
bankruptcy are
mystified when he
walks directly into a
saloon.
4.
... divorce or
separation, there should be no ...
BB p.99,
Working With Others
If there be
divorce or
separation, there should be
no undue haste for the
couple to
get together.
5.
... divorce rate
far lower than average?
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
Was it
credible that
A.A.
was to have a
divorce rate far lower than
average?
6.
... divorce, separation,
or just strained relations.
BB p.98,
Working With Others
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