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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
EXPENSE occurs
9 times
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1.
... expense.
BB p.74,
Into Action
We have no
right to
save our
own skin at another
person's
expense.
2.
... expense account.
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
Suppose, for
instance,
that we have
drunk up a
good
chunk of our
firm's
money, whether by "
borrowing" or on a
heavily padded expense account.
3.
... expense account.
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
At the
end of it, my
reports
to
Wall Street procured me a
position
there and the use of a
large expense account.
4.
... expense account.
BB p.78,
Into Action
Maybe it's only a
petty offense such as
padding the
expense account.
5.
... expense account
or that he has planned ...
BB p.145,
To Employers
He may, for
example,
reveal that he has
padded his
expense account or that he
has
planned to take your
best customers away from
you.
6.
... expense account
-- self esteem (fear); security.
BB p.65,
How It Works
7.
... expense of
other people, and a tendency ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
This is a
condition which, in
ordinary life, would
produce untold grief; there might be
scandalous gossip,
laughter at the
expense of
other people, and a
tendency to take
advantage of
intimate information.
8.
... expense of
others.
12&12 p.84,
Step Nine
While we may be quite
willing to
reveal the very
worst, we
must be
sure to
remember that we cannot
buy
our
own peace of
mind at the
expense of others.
9.
... expense will
later be deducted from his ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
If you
propose such a
procedure to him, it may be
necessary to
advance the
cost of
treatment, but we
believe it should be made
plain that any
expense will
later be
deducted from his
pay.
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