From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... fraternity.
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
The experiment of quitting for a period of time will be helpful, but we think we can
render an even greater service to alcoholic sufferers and
perhaps to the medical
fraternity.
2.
... fraternity, but
not in the eyes of ...
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I was graduated "summa
cum laude" in the eyes of the drinking fraternity, but not in the eyes of
the Dean.
3.
... fraternity house
because of my jitters, not ...
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Many mornings I have gone to classes, and even though fully prepared, would turn and walk back to the fraternity house because of my jitters, not daring to enter the classroom for fear of making a scene should I be called on
for recitation.
4.
... fraternity house
where I lived felt forced ...
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
There my drinking became
so much worse that the boys in the fraternity house where I lived felt forced to send for my father, who made a long journey in the vain endeavor to get me straightened around.
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