From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
GIN occurs
8 times
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1.
... gin and
sedative.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
2.
... gin concealed
about the house to carry ...
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
With a
certain satisfaction I
reflected there was
enough
gin concealed about the
house to
carry me through
that
night and the
next day.
3.
... gin followed
by half a dozen bottles ...
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
4.
... gin mills.
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
I could
laugh at the
gin mills.
5.
... gin near
the head of our bed.
BB p.8,
Bill's Story
I
wondered whether I
dared hide a
full bottle of
gin near the
head of our
bed.
6.
... gin, two
bottles a day, and often ...
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
"
Bathtub"
gin,
two bottles a
day, and often
three, got to be
routine.
7.
Gin would
fix that.
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
8.
... gin would
last longer than his preaching.
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
Besides, my
gin would
last longer than his
preaching.
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