From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... homes.
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
2.
... homes.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
3.
... homes.
BB xx,
Foreword to Second Edition
4.
... homes and
farms for alcoholics, when some ...
12&12 p.167,
Tradition Eight
Even greater furors were provoked when
A.A. members began to run rest homes and farms for alcoholics, when
some hired out to corporations as personnel men in charge of the alcoholic problem in industry, when
some became nurses on alcoholic wards, when others entered the field of alcohol education.
5.
... homes for
long at a time.
BB p.97,
Working With Others
6.
... homes from
the outside world.
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
7.
... homes have
been battle-grounds many an evening.
BB p.105,
To Wives
8.
... homes, making
us feel heroic.
BB p.1,
Bill's Story
War fever ran high in the New England town to which we new, young officers from Plattsburg were assigned, and we were flattered when the first citizens took us to their
homes, making us feel heroic.
9.
... homes, never
knowing how or when the ...
BB p.105,
To Wives
10.
... homes, occupations
and affairs.
BB p.19,
There Is A Solution
A much more important demonstration of our principles lies before us in our respective homes, occupations and affairs.
11.
... homes, telephones
ring constantly.
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
12.
... homes, their
slender resources, and gladly devoted ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
They shared their homes,
their slender resources, and gladly devoted their spare hours to fellow-sufferers.
13.
... homes this
is a difficult thing to ...
BB p.98,
Working With Others
In many homes this is a difficult thing to do, but
it must be done if any results are to be expected.
14.
... homes today,
would perhaps be dead.
BB p.82,
Into Action
15.
... homes; we
must shun friends who drink; ...
BB p.101,
Working With Others
People have said we must not go where liquor is served; we must not have it in our homes; we
must shun friends who drink; we must avoid moving pictures which show drinking scenes; we must not go into bars; our friends must hide their bottles if we go to their houses; we mustn't think or be reminded about alcohol at
all.
16.
... homes were
threatened, and that was no ...
12&12 p.140,
Tradition Three
17.
... homes where
badly beat-up topers could find ...
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
Now and then, A.A. members have bought farms or rest homes where badly beat-up topers could find needed care.
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