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HEAVY   occurs   13 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... heavy attack of criticism from both A.A. ...   12&12 p.165, Tradition Seven
The board would be isolated, and would fall under heavy attack of criticism from both A.A. and the public.


2.
... heavy drinker.   BB p.108, To Wives   Go to page 108 in the Big Book
One: Your husband may be only a heavy drinker.


3.
... heavy drinking.   BB p.151, A Vision For You   Go to page 151 in the Big Book
But not so with us in those last days of heavy drinking.

4.
... heavy financial reverses.   12&12 p.114, Step Twelve
Though the earning power of most A.A.'s is relatively high, we have some members who never seem to get on their feet moneywise, and still others who encounter heavy financial reverses.


5.
... heavy going of life.   BB p.51, We Agnostics   Go to page 50 in the Big Book
Once confused and baffled by the seeming futility of existence, they show the underlying reasons why they were making heavy going of life.


6.
... heavy hardware.   BB p.173, Doctor Bob's Nightmare   Go to page 172 in the Big Book
The next three years I spent in Boston, Chicago, and Montreal in the employ of a large manufacturing concern, selling railway supplies, gas engines of all sorts, and many other items of heavy hardware.

7.
... heavy only because a great many of ...   12&12 p.89, Step Ten
The emphasis on inventory is heavy only because a great many of us have never really acquired the habit of accurate self-appraisal.


8.
... heavy only on certain occasions.   BB p.109, To Wives   Go to page 109 in the Big Book
His drinking may be constant or it may be heavy only on certain occasions.

9.
... heavy or even unjust, new lessons for ...   12&12 p.105, Step Eleven
He will also report that out of every season of grief or suffering, when the hand of God seemed heavy or even unjust, new lessons for living were learned, new resources of courage were uncovered, and that finally, inescapably, the conviction came that God does "move in a mysterious way His wonders to perform."

10.
... heavy penalty, it was thought, for blasphemy.   12&12 p.143, Tradition Three
There must be a heavy penalty, it was thought, for blasphemy.

11.
... heavy pressure and coercion to do the ...   12&12 p.74, Step Seven
At this stage of our progress we are under heavy pressure and coercion to do the right thing.


12.
... heavy sedative.   BB p.7, Bill's Story   Go to page 6 in the Big Book
A doctor came with a heavy sedative.


13.
... heavy smoker and coffee drinker.   BB p.135, The Family Afterward   Go to page 135 in the Big Book
Here is a case in point: One of our friends is a heavy smoker and coffee drinker.


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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