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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

drunkards
drunkenness
drunks
DRY   occurs   16 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
See also...     drys
D.T.
dubious
dubiously

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1.
... dry.   BB p.109, To Wives   Go to page 109 in the Big Book
He has begun to try, with or without your cooperation, various means of moderating or staying dry.


2.
... dry.   BB p.175, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 175 in the Big Book
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   Go to page 34 in the Big Book
We think few, to whom this book will appeal, can stay dry anything like a year.


4.
... dry at the moment says, "I don't ...   BB p.151, A Vision For You   Go to page 151 in the Big Book
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
These emotional "dry benders" often led straight to the bottle.

6.
... dry but has been able to surmount ...   12&12 p.61, Step Five
We shall want to speak with someone who is experienced, who not only has stayed dry but has been able to surmount other serious difficulties.

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
A.A. would land exactly in the middle of the wet-dry controversy.


9.
... dry for twenty-five years and retired at ...   BB p.32, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 32 in the Big Book
An exceptional man, he remained bone dry for twenty-five years and retired at the age of fifty-five, after a successful and happy business career.


10.
... dry, if I wished to graduate.   BB p.174, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 174 in the Big Book
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
Alcoholics barely dry rushed about bright-eyed, buttonholing anyone who would listen to their stories.


13.
... dry spell lasted for about three weeks; ...   BB p.179, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 179 in the Big Book
This dry spell lasted for about three weeks; then I went to Atlantic City to attend several days' meeting of a national society of which I was a member.


14.
... dry spell, so there was nothing new ...   BB p.41, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 41 in the Big Book
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
There would be real danger should we commence to call some groups "wet," others "dry," still others "Republican" or "Communist," and yet others "Catholic" or "Protestant."

16.
... dry, the louder he talked -- against God.   12&12 p.144, Tradition Three
The longer he kept dry, the louder he talked -- against God.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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