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

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erstwhile
escapades
ESCAPE   occurs   12 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
See also...     escapes
escaped
escorted
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1.
... escape?   12&12 p.66, Step Six
After all, hasn't it been self-interest, pure and simple, that has enabled most of us to escape?


2.
... escape.   BB p.6, Bill's Story   Go to page 6 in the Big Book
There were flights from city to country and back, as my wife and I sought escape.


3.
... escape?   BB p.66, How It Works   Go to page 66 in the Big Book
How could we escape?


4.
... escape.   BB p.155, A Vision For You   Go to page 155 in the Big Book
He had a desperate desire to stop, but saw no way out, for he had earnestly tried many avenues of escape.


5.
... escape disaster together and you will commence ...   BB p.152, A Vision For You   Go to page 152 in the Big Book
You will be bound to them with new and wonderful ties, for you will escape disaster together and you will commence shoulder to shoulder your common journey.


6.
... escape from disaster does not subside as ...   BB p.17, There Is A Solution   Go to page 17 in the Big Book
Unlike the feelings of the ship's passengers, however, our joy in escape from disaster does not subside as we go our individual ways.

7.
... escape looking at the wrongs we have ...   12&12 p.78, Step Eight
To escape looking at the wrongs we have done another, we resentfully focus on the wrong he has done us.


8.
... escape the alcohol problem.   BB p.101, Working With Others   Go to page 101 in the Big Book
Ask any woman who has sent her husband to distant places on the theory he would escape the alcohol problem.

9.
... escape the guilt of passions, and then ...   12&12 p.44, Step Four
We have drunk to escape the guilt of passions, and then have drunk again to make more passions possible.


10.
... escape; they were drinking to overcome a ...   BB xxx(xxviii), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
These men were not drinking to escape; they were drinking to overcome a craving beyond their mental control.

11.
Escape via the bottle was always our ...   12&12 p.74, Step Seven
Escape via the bottle was always our solution.


12.
... escape with all the desperation of drowning ...   BB p.28, There Is A Solution   Go to page 28 in the Big Book
We, in our turn, sought the same escape with all the desperation of drowning men.


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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