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

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1.
... gets a divorce and he is held ...   BB p.38, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 38 in the Big Book
Finally, he can no longer work, his wife gets a divorce and he is held up to ridicule.


2.
... gets a thrill out of skipping in ...   BB p.37, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 37 in the Big Book
He gets a thrill out of skipping in front of fast-moving vehicles.


3.
... gets drunk all over again.   BB p.22, There Is A Solution   Go to page 22 in the Big Book
Then comes the day when he simply cannot make it and gets drunk all over again.


4.
... gets drunk, don't blame yourself.   BB p.120, To Wives   Go to page 120 in the Big Book
If he gets drunk, don't blame yourself.


5.
... gets entirely out of hand when drinking.   BB p.109, To Wives   Go to page 109 in the Big Book
He often gets entirely out of hand when drinking.


6.
... gets his entire supply away from him ...   BB p.22, There Is A Solution   Go to page 22 in the Big Book
If he can afford it, he may have liquor concealed all over his house to be certain no one gets his entire supply away from him to throw down the wastepipe.


7.
... gets hurt some more.   BB p.95, Working With Others   Go to page 95 in the Big Book
This he may do after he gets hurt some more.

8.
... gets more urgent than ever.   12&12 p.55, Step Five
If we have swept the searchlight of Step Four back and forth over our careers, and it has revealed in stark relief those experiences we'd rather not remember, if we have come to know how wrong thinking and action have hurt us and others, then the need to quit living by ourselves with those tormenting ghosts of yesterday gets more urgent than ever.

9.
... gets older and sees the impossibility of ...   12&12 p.122, Step Twelve
As he gets older and sees the impossibility of this, he can smile good-naturedly at his childhood dream.


10.
... gets over the spree, he begins to ...   BB p.109, To Wives   Go to page 109 in the Big Book
But when he gets over the spree, he begins to think once more how he can drink moderately next time.


11.
... gets stirred up about their troubles, but ...   BB p.119, To Wives   Go to page 119 in the Big Book
He gets stirred up about their troubles, but not at all about yours.


12.
... gets the idea that you are a ...   BB p.111, To Wives   Go to page 111 in the Big Book
If he gets the idea that you are a nag or a killjoy, your chance of accomplishing anything useful may be zero.


13.
... gets worn out, resentful and uncommunicative.   BB p.81, Into Action   Go to page 81 in the Big Book
After a few years with an alcoholic, a wife gets worn out, resentful and uncommunicative.


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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