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


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1.
... fire.   BB p.110, To Wives   Go to page 110 in the Big Book
You have passed happy evenings together chatting and drinking before your fire.


2.
... fire all right.   BB p.9, Bill's Story   Go to page 9 in the Big Book
Yes, the old boy was on fire all right.

3.
... fire, and endure the monotony and misery ...   12&12 p.38, Step Three
Would they be able to take discipline, stand up under fire, and endure the monotony and misery of war?


4.
... fire engine, which breaks his back.   BB p.38, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 38 in the Big Book
But the day he comes out he races in front of a fire engine, which breaks his back.


5.
... fire him.   BB p.148, To Employers   Go to page 148 in the Big Book
If a man drinks so much that his job suffers, we fire him.


6.
... fire me for drinking and padding my ...   BB p.65, How It Works   Go to page 65 in the Big Book
My employer -- unreasonable, unjust, overbearing; threatens to fire me for drinking and padding my expense account -- self esteem (fear); security.

7.
... fire, only to emerge unharmed and, we ...   12&12 p.146, Tradition Four
Children of chaos, we have defiantly played with every brand of fire, only to emerge unharmed and, we think, wiser.


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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