From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
Click
to display the full page from the Big Book1.
... Employer.
BB p.63,
How It Works
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
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
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
6.
... employer cannot
play favorites, but he can ...
BB p.146,
To Employers
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
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
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
10.
... employer --
unreasonable, unjust, overbearing; threatens to fire ...
BB p.65,
How It Works
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.
Copyright © 2005-2012, Recovery Press LLC; All Rights Reserved.