From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... employment as
investigator for a surety company.
BB p.2,
Bill's Story
2.
... employment for
five years, or hardly draw ...
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
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
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.
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