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... extreme and
become almost miserly.
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
In our drinking time, we
acted as if the money supply was inexhaustible, though
between binges we'd sometimes go to the other extreme and become almost miserly.
2.
... extreme and
settled for the bottle and ...
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
We are all perfectionists who, failing perfection, have
gone to the other extreme and settled for the bottle and the blackout.
3.
... extreme case.
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
4.
... extreme difficulties,
he would return to us ...
12&12 p.23,
Step One
After a few such experiences, often years before the onset of extreme difficulties, he
would return to us convinced.
5.
... extreme, doesn't
care for this prospect -- unless ...
12&12 p.24,
Step One
No, the average alcoholic, self-centered in the extreme,
doesn't care for this prospect -- unless he has
to do these things in order
to stay alive himself.
6.
... extreme drunkenness,
kept me out of those ...
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
There had been no real infidelity, for loyalty
to my wife, helped at times by extreme drunkenness, kept me out of those scrapes.
7.
... extreme, ever
hoping that one day our ...
BB p.105,
To Wives
Some of us veered from extreme to extreme, ever hoping that one day our loved ones would be themselves once more.
8.
... extreme example
of self-will run riot, though ...
BB p.62,
How It Works
They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn't think so.
9.
... extreme, he
can become a miser, or ...
12&12 p.43,
Step Four
Going to the extreme, he can
become a miser, or even a recluse who denies himself both family and friends.
10.
... extreme judgments,
both of ourselves and of ...
12&12 p.82,
Step Eight
11.
... extreme medical
importance; because of the extraordinary ...
BB xxv(xxiii),
The Doctor's Opinion
These facts appear to be of
extreme medical importance; because of
the extraordinary possibilities of rapid
growth inherent in this
group they may mark a new epoch in the annals of alcoholism.
12.
... extreme to
do so.
BB p.90,
Working With Others
Then let his family or a friend ask him if he wants to quit for good and if he would go to any extreme to do so.
13.
... extreme to
do so, you may suggest ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
After satisfying yourself that your man wants to recover and that he
will go to any extreme to do so, you may suggest a definite course of action.
14.
... extreme to
extreme, ever hoping that one ...
BB p.105,
To Wives
Some of us veered from extreme to extreme, ever hoping that one day our loved ones would be themselves once more.
15.
... extreme, we
had wallowed in emotionalism and ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
Or, going to the other extreme, we had wallowed in emotionalism and had mistaken it for true religious feeling.
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