From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
FAMILIAR occurs
8 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... familiar alcoholic
obsession that few knew of ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
He had, of
course, the
familiar alcoholic obsession that few
knew of
his
drinking.
2.
... familiar for
I had been going to ...
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
I also had the
notion that I might find a
customer for a
car at this
place, which was
familiar for I had been
going to it for
years.
3.
... familiar, permanently
eradicated.
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
It has
never been, by any
treatment with which we are
familiar,
permanently eradicated.
4.
... familiar with
alcoholism agree there is no ...
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
Physicians who are
familiar with
alcoholism agree there is no such thing as
making a
normal drinker out of an
alcoholic.
5.
... familiar with
endless drives for charitable funds, ...
12&12 p.165,
Tradition Seven
6.
... familiar with
the subject.
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
7.
... familiar with
the symptoms, see large numbers ...
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
We, who are
familiar with the
symptoms, see
large numbers of
potential alcoholics among
young
people
everywhere.
8.
... familiar with
this type.
BB xxx(xxviii),
The Doctor's Opinion
We are all
familiar with this
type.
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