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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... handle his
liquor."
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
"That
fellow can't
handle
his
liquor."
2.
... handle his
liquor, that it does him ...
BB p.109,
To Wives
He is
positive he can
handle his
liquor, that it does
him
no harm, that
drinking is
necessary in
his
business.
3.
... handle inebriates.
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
4.
... handle it.
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
5.
... handle our
over-all public relations and they ...
BB p.565(567),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
6.
... handle our
overall public relations and they ...
12&12 p.191,
Tradition Nine (Long)
7.
... handle ourselves
like other people.
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
8.
... handle, say,
three drinks -- no more!
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
Perhaps he could
handle,
say,
three drinks --
no more!
9.
... handle situations
which used to baffle us.
BB p.84,
Into Action
10.
... handle the
overwhelming number of personal appeals ...
12&12 p.184,
Tradition Twelve
11.
... handle the
overwhelming number of personal appeals ...
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
12.
... handle them
as well and as bravely ...
12&12 p.113,
Step Twelve
Can we
now, with the
help of
God as we
understand Him,
handle them as
well and as
bravely as our
nonalcoholic friends
often do?
13.
... handle this
matter any way you please.
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
They
even had to
coin a
couple of
sentences which
still go into
half the
letters they
write: "Of
course, you are at
perfect liberty to
handle this
matter any way you
please.
14.
... handle this
sort of project.
12&12 p.149,
Tradition Four
An
A.A. group, as
such,
simply couldn't
handle this
sort of
project.
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