From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
FIRM occurs
10 times
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1.
... firm.
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
2.
... firm.
BB p.147,
To Employers
It isn't
fair to me or the
firm.
3.
... firm attitude
at this point has helped ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
A
firm attitude at this
point has
helped many of us.
4.
... firm bedrock
upon which happy and purposeful ...
12&12 p.21,
Step One
5.
... firm hand
on A.A. in this town.
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
They say to one another, "Perhaps it would be a
good
idea if we
continue to
keep a
firm hand on
A.A. in this
town.
6.
... firm in
the face of difficult circumstances.
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
7.
... firm, in
the practical certainty that we ...
12&12 p.86,
Step Nine
8.
... firm's money,
whether by "borrowing" or on ...
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.
9.
... firm resolution
not to drink again.
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
After they have
succumbed to the
desire again, as so many do, and the
phenomenon of
craving develops, they
pass through
the well-
known stages of a
spree,
emerging remorseful, with a
firm resolution not to
drink
again.
10.
... firm wants
to help you get over ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
The
firm wants to
help you get over it, and if you are
interested, there is a way out.
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