From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
ENJOY occurs
10 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... enjoy a certain reputation, but knows in ...
BB p.73,
Into Action
He
wants to
enjoy a
certain reputation, but
knows in his
heart he
doesn't
deserve it.
2.
... enjoy drinking with him yourself when he ...
BB p.110,
To Wives
Perhaps you
enjoy drinking
with him
yourself when he doesn't go too far.
3.
... enjoy foolish dreams of pomp and power.
12&12 p.44,
Step Four
We have
drunk for
vainglory -- that we might the more
enjoy foolish dreams of
pomp and
power.
4.
... enjoy his drinking is the great obsession ...
BB p.30,
More About Alcoholism
The
idea that somehow,
someday he will
control and
enjoy his
drinking is the
great obsession of every
abnormal drinker.
5.
... enjoy, in a few months, a finer ...
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
Some of us had this
experience, only to
enjoy, in a few
months, a
finer intimacy than ever.
6.
... enjoy life as we once did and ...
BB p.151,
A Vision For You
There was an
insistent yearning to
enjoy life as we once did and a
heartbreaking obsession that some new
miracle of
control would
enable us to do it.
7.
... enjoy moments in which there is something ...
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
We
enjoy moments in which
there is something like
real peace of
mind.
8.
... enjoy sound minds and bodies.
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
Most of them
give freely of
themselves, that their
fellows may
enjoy sound minds and
bodies.
9.
... enjoy such a sense of relief that ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
10.
... enjoy them too much.
12&12 p.73,
Step Seven
And we
cling with a
passionate persistence to others which are just as
disturbing to our
equilibrium, because we still
enjoy them too much.
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