From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... drinker.
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
2.
... drinker.
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker.
3.
... drinker.
BB p.108,
To Wives
4.
... drinker.
BB p.112,
To Wives
5.
... drinker.
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
6.
... drinker.
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
7.
... drinker.
BB p.149,
To Employers
8.
... drinker.
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
We believe, and so suggested a few years ago, that the action of alcohol on these
chronic alcoholics is
a manifestation of an allergy; that the phenomenon of craving is
limited to this class and
never occurs in the average temperate drinker.
9.
... drinker, a
moderate drinker or a teetotaler, ...
BB p.139,
To Employers
Whether you are a hard
drinker, a moderate drinker or a teetotaler, you
may have some pretty strong opinions, perhaps prejudices.
10.
... drinker, being
dry at the moment says, ...
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
Now and then a serious drinker, being dry at the moment says, "I don't miss it at all. Feel better. Work better. Having a better time."
11.
... drinker; but
at some stage of his ...
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.
12.
... drinker; he
may or may not become ...
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.
13.
... drinker in
a thousand likes to be ...
BB p.103,
Working With Others
We would not even do the cause of temperate drinking any good, for not one drinker in a thousand likes to be told anything about alcohol by
one who hates it.
14.
... drinker or
a teetotaler, you may have ...
BB p.139,
To Employers
Whether you are a hard
drinker, a moderate drinker or a teetotaler, you
may have some pretty strong opinions, perhaps prejudices.
15.
... drinker out
of an alcoholic.
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
Physicians who are familiar with alcoholism agree there is
no such thing as making a normal drinker out of an alcoholic.
16.
... drinker who
has found this solution, who ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
But the ex-problem drinker who has found this solution, who is properly
armed with facts about himself, can generally win the entire confidence of another alcoholic in a few hours.
17.
... drinker will
be lessened.
BB p.115,
To Wives
18.
... drinker, "You
are an A.A. member if ...
12&12 p.139,
Tradition Three
19.
... drinker, you
can take your liquor or ...
BB p.139,
To Employers
20.
... drinker, you
probably worry over what other ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
If your husband is a drinker, you probably worry over what other people are thinking and you hate to meet your friends.
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