From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
LEAVE occurs
18 times
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1.
... leave.
BB p.106,
To Wives
Usually we did not leave.
2.
... leave.
BB p.108,
To Wives
If you are
positive he is one of this
type you may
feel you had
better leave.
3.
... leave elated
by the thought of what ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
He and his
wife would
leave elated by the
thought of
what they could now do for some
stricken acquaintance and his
family.
4.
"Leave him
alone!
12&12 p.144,
Tradition Three
"Leave him alone!
5.
... leave him
alone.
BB p.113,
To Wives
If he is
lukewarm or
thinks he is not an
alcoholic, we
suggest you
leave him alone.
6.
... leave him
alone, he'd soon solve his ...
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
He
shouts that if his
partner would
treat him
better, and his
wife would
leave him alone, he'd soon
solve his
alcohol problem.
7.
... leave him
temporarily, you should, if you ...
BB p.111,
To Wives
Even though your
husband becomes unbearable and
you have to
leave him
temporarily, you should, if you can, go without
rancor.
8.
... leave it
alone.
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
How many
times people have said to us: "I can take
it or
leave it alone.
9.
... leave it
alone.
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
They can take it or leave it alone.
10.
... leave it
alone.
BB p.139,
To Employers
As a
moderate drinker,
you can take your
liquor or
leave it alone.
11.
... leave it
alone, no matter how great ...
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
This is the
baffling feature of
alcoholism as
we
know it -- this
utter inability to
leave it alone,
no
matter how
great the
necessity or the
wish.
12.
... leave it
behind us.
12&12 p.89,
Step Ten
When this is done, we are really able to
leave it
behind us.
13.
... leave it
to each newcomer to decide ...
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
Why did we
leave it to each
newcomer to
decide himself
whether he was an
alcoholic and whether he
should
join us?
14.
... leave of
absence, has taken a cure, ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
He has just
returned from a
three-
months leave of
absence, has
taken a
cure,
looks fine, and to
clinch the
matter, the
board of
directors told him
this was his
last chance."
15.
... leave such
a person alone, he may ...
BB p.96,
Working With Others
If you
leave such a
person
alone, he may soon
become convinced that he cannot
recover by himself.
16.
... leave them
out of the first discussion.
BB p.91,
Working With Others
Though you have
talked with the
family,
leave them out of the
first discussion.
17.
... leave us.
BB p.84,
Into Action
Fear of people and of
economic insecurity
will
leave us.
18.
... leave you
with the feeling that no ...
BB p.104,
To Wives
We
want to
leave you with the
feeling that no
situation is too
difficult and no
unhappiness too
great to
be
overcome.
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