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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DRUNK occurs
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1.
... drunk.
12&12 p.135,
Tradition Two
A few
hemorrhage so
badly that --
drained of all
A.A. spirit and
principle -- they get
drunk.
2.
... drunk?"
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
"When,
oh when,"
groaned members to one another, "will that
guy get
drunk?"
3.
... drunk.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
4.
... drunk.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
5.
... drunk.
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
He is always more or
less insanely drunk.
6.
... drunk?
BB p.70,
How It Works
Does this
mean we are
going
to get
drunk?
7.
... drunk.
BB p.73,
Into Action
Almost
invariably they got
drunk.
8.
... drunk.
BB p.110,
To Wives
9.
... drunk.
BB p.120,
To Wives
Perhaps your
husband will make a
fair start on the new
basis, but just as things are
going beautifully he
dismays you by
coming home drunk.
10.
... drunk.
BB p.135,
The Family Afterward
He got drunk.
11.
... drunk.
BB p.146,
To Employers
When his
wife next calls
saying he is
sick, you might
jump to the
conclusion he
is
drunk.
12.
... drunk.
BB p.147,
To Employers
You
put me on the
spot every
time you get
drunk.
13.
... drunk again.
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
14.
... drunk again
immediately?
BB p.108,
To Wives
Why was it, when these
dangers were
pointed out that they
agreed, and then got
drunk
again
immediately?
15.
... drunk again
to make more passions possible.
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
We have
drunk to
escape the
guilt of
passions, and
then have
drunk again to make more
passions possible.
16.
... drunk all
over again.
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
Then
comes the
day when he
simply cannot make it and gets
drunk all over again.
17.
... drunk and
let their groups down with ...
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
Sometimes, they got
distressingly drunk and let their
groups down
with a
bang.
18.
... drunk's dilemma.
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
I
bore down
hard on the
hopelessness of the
drunk's
dilemma.
19.
... drunk, don't
blame yourself.
BB p.120,
To Wives
If he gets
drunk, don't
blame
yourself.
20.
... drunk farm
wanted a manager who could ...
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
21.
Drunk farms,
educational ventures, state legislatures, and ...
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
22.
... drunk, feeling
ourselves justified by nervousness, anger, ...
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
23.
... drunk --
for at the time, you see, ...
12&12 p.143,
Tradition Three
He
browbeat everybody, and
everybody expected that
he'd soon get
drunk -- for at the
time, you see,
A.A. was on the
pious side.
24.
... drunk for
vainglory -- that we might the ...
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
We have
drunk for
vainglory -- that we might the more
enjoy foolish dreams of
pomp and
power.
25.
... drunk gave
me!
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
What a
freeze that
drunk gave me!
26.
... drunk half
a dozen times in rapid ...
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
27.
... drunk has
a terrific hangover because he ...
12&12 p.88,
Step Ten
When a
drunk has a
terrific hangover because
he
drank heavily yesterday, he cannot
live
well
today.
28.
... drunk he
could hardly speak.
BB p.136,
To Employers
Not
long afterward he had
called me from
Hartford on
two successive days, so
drunk he could
hardly speak.
29.
... drunk in
a short time.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
Nevertheless, he was
drunk in a
short time.
30.
... drunk may
smash the furniture in your ...
BB p.97,
Working With Others
A
drunk may
smash the
furniture in your
home, or
burn a
mattress.
31.
... drunk on
a binge who possessed a ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
Even more
important, an
empty club couldn't
answer its telephone, but it was an
open invitation to a
drunk on a
binge who
possessed a
spare key.
32.
... drunk on
the job, taking a trip, ...
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
Here are some of the
methods we have
tried:
Drinking beer only,
limiting the
number of
drinks,
never drinking alone,
never drinking in the
morning,
drinking only at
home,
never having it in the
house,
never drinking during
business
hours,
drinking only at
parties,
switching
from
scotch to
brandy,
drinking only
natural wines,
agreeing to
resign if ever
drunk on the
job,
taking a
trip, not
taking a
trip,
swearing off
forever (with and without a
solemn oath),
taking more
physical exercise,
reading inspirational books,
going to
health farms and
sanitariums,
accepting voluntary commitment to
asylums --
we could
increase the
list
ad infinitum.
33.
... drunk on
the way home from here.
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
The
last three times, I got
drunk on the way
home from here.
34.
... drunk, or
was lured into using A.A.'s ...
12&12 p.187,
Tradition Twelve
If even one
publicly got
drunk, or was
lured into
using A.A.'s
name for his
own purposes, the
damage might
be
irreparable.
35.
... drunk; that
the most majestic constructions of ...
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
36.
... drunk the
day after making their resolutions; ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
Some will be
drunk the
day
after
making their
resolutions; most of them
within a few
weeks.
37.
... drunk themselves
out of jobs, family, and ...
12&12 p.51,
Step Four
But all
alcoholics who have
drunk themselves out of
jobs,
family, and
friends will
need to
cross-
examine themselves
ruthlessly to
determine how their
own personality defects
have thus
demolished their
security.
38.
... drunk then.
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
As the
whisky rose to my
head I told myself I would
manage better next time, but I might as well
get
good and
drunk then.
39.
... drunk to
drown feelings of fear, frustration, ...
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
40.
... drunk to
end all drunks.
BB p.106,
To Wives
In
desperation, we have even got
tight ourselves -- the
drunk to
end all
drunks.
41.
... drunk to
escape the guilt of passions, ...
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
We have
drunk to
escape the
guilt of
passions, and
then have
drunk again to make more
passions possible.
42.
... drunk to
think or write.
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
At one of the
finals I was too
drunk to
think or
write.
43.
... drunk to
work on.
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
But
first I'd have to find a
drunk to
work on.
44.
... drunk, unless
he is ugly and the ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
Don't
deal with him when he is very
drunk,
unless he is
ugly and the
family needs your
help.
45.
... drunk up
a good chunk of our ...
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
Suppose, for
instance,
that we have
drunk up a
good
chunk of our
firm's
money, whether by "
borrowing" or on a
heavily padded expense account.
46.
... drunk who
complained about the job she ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
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