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


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1.
... Employer.   BB p.63, How It Works   Go to page 63 in the Big Book
We had a new Employer.

2.
... employer and business associates.   12&12 p.186, Tradition Twelve
As he gained confidence, he felt it right to explain his new way of life to his employer and business associates.


3.
... employer and his friends that he was ...   BB p.115, To Wives   Go to page 115 in the Big Book
Frequently, you have felt obliged to tell your husband's employer and his friends that he was sick, when as a matter of fact he was tight.


4.
... employer, and the wife.   BB p.67, How It Works   Go to page 67 in the Big Book
Notice that the word "fear" is bracketed alongside the difficulties with Mr. Brown, Mrs. Jones, the employer, and the wife.


5.
... employer can many times protect the victim ...   BB p.146, To Employers   Go to page 145 in the Big Book
The employer can many times protect the victim from this kind of talk.


6.
... employer cannot play favorites, but he can ...   BB p.146, To Employers   Go to page 146 in the Big Book
The employer cannot play favorites, but he can always defend a man from needless provocation and unfair criticism.


7.
... employer feels a moral responsibility for the ...   BB p.137, To Employers   Go to page 137 in the Big Book
Nearly every modern employer feels a moral responsibility for the well-being of his help, and he tries to meet these responsibilities.


8.
... employer has sometimes kept such a man ...   BB p.137, To Employers   Go to page 137 in the Big Book
Because of the employee's special ability, or of his own strong personal attachment to him, the employer has sometimes kept such a man at work long beyond a reasonable period.


9.
... employer sees him.   BB p.136, To Employers   Go to page 136 in the Big Book
He knows the alcoholic as the employer sees him.


10.
... employer -- unreasonable, unjust, overbearing; threatens to fire ...   BB p.65, How It Works   Go to page 65 in the Big Book
My employer -- unreasonable, unjust, overbearing; threatens to fire me for drinking and padding my expense account -- self esteem (fear); security.


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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