Home Page

Search "164 and More"
 
The Book "164 and More"
 
About Recovery Press

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

employer
employers
employing
EMPLOYMENT   occurs   5 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
employs
empowering
empty

Click    to display the full page from the Big Book


1.
... employment as investigator for a surety company.   BB p.2, Bill's Story   Go to page 2 in the Big Book
I took a night law course, and obtained employment as investigator for a surety company.


2.
... employment for five years, or hardly draw ...   BB p.4, Bill's Story   Go to page 4 in the Big Book
Mercifully, no one could guess that I was to have no real employment for five years, or hardly draw a sober breath.


3.
... employment ourselves as destitution faced us and ...   BB p.106, To Wives   Go to page 106 in the Big Book
We finally sought employment ourselves as destitution faced us and our families.

4.
... employment record, almost any alcoholic can ask ...   12&12 p.51, Step Four
Surveying his business or employment record, almost any alcoholic can ask questions like these: In addition to my drinking problem, what character defects contributed to my financial instability?

5.
... employment with outside agencies dealing with the ...   12&12 p.168, Tradition Eight
No individuals have been more buffeted by such emotional gusts than those A.A.'s bold enough to accept employment with outside agencies dealing with the alcohol problem.


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.

Top of Screen  Top