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Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... dry.
BB p.109,
To Wives
2.
... dry.
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I
think I
must have been
thoroughly scared by what
had
happened, or by the
doctor, or
probably both, so that I did not
touch a
drink again until the
country went dry.
3.
... dry anything
like a year.
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
4.
... dry at
the moment says, "I don't ...
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."
5.
... "dry benders"
often led straight to the ...
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
6.
... dry but
has been able to surmount ...
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
7.
... dry camp.
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
The
ink wouldn't be
dry on the
first ad before an
awful shriek would
go up from the
dry camp.
8.
... dry controversy.
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
9.
... dry for
twenty-five years and retired at ...
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
10.
... dry, if
I wished to graduate.
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I was, of
course,
soon on
the
carpet and the
upshot
was that I had to
go back for
two more quarters and
remain absolutely dry, if I
wished to
graduate.
11.
... dry on
the first ad before an ...
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
The
ink wouldn't be
dry on the
first ad before an
awful shriek would
go up from the
dry camp.
12.
... dry rushed
about bright-eyed, buttonholing anyone who ...
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
13.
... dry spell
lasted for about three weeks; ...
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
14.
... dry spell,
so there was nothing new ...
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
I had been
out of
town before during this
particular dry spell, so there was
nothing
new about that.
15.
... "dry," still
others "Republican" or "Communist," and ...
12&12 p.147,
Tradition Four
16.
... dry, the
louder he talked -- against God.
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
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