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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DRANK occurs
13 times
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1.
... drank.
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
Her
husband may
become so
wrapped up in
A.A. and his
new
friends that he is
inconsiderately away from
home more than when he
drank.
2.
... drank again.
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
3.
... drank again
it would kill him, but ...
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
"The
doctor told him that if he ever
drank again it would
kill him, but
there he is all
lit up again."
4.
... drank at
all.
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
He was
ambitious to
succeed in
business, but
saw that he would get
nowhere if he
drank at all.
5.
... drank at
home.
12&12 p.79,
Step Eight
Our
families didn't
suffer, because we always
paid
the
bills and
seldom drank at
home.
6.
... drank for
oblivion.
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
When we were
frustrated, even in
part, we
drank for
oblivion.
7.
... drank, he
would surely die.
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
If he did not
work, he would
surely drink again, and if he
drank, he would
surely die.
8.
... drank heavily
yesterday, he cannot live well ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
When a
drunk has a
terrific hangover because
he
drank heavily yesterday, he cannot
live
well
today.
9.
... drank of
success as of a wine ...
12&12 p.91,
Step Ten
For no people have ever
loved personal triumphs more
than we have
loved them; we
drank of
success as of a
wine which could
never fail to make us
feel elated.
10.
... drank once
more.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
But it was not, for the
frightful day came when I
drank once more.
11.
... drank so
much, and to show his ...
BB p.126,
The Family Afterward
They
expect him to
give them
the
nice times they used to
have before he
drank so much, and to
show his
contrition for
what they
suffered.
12.
... drank, the
old fierce determination to win ...
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
As I
drank, the
old fierce determination
to
win came back.
13.
... drank to
dream still greater dreams.
12&12 p.71,
Step Seven
When we
seemed to be
succeeding, we
drank to
dream still
greater dreams.
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