From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... leave.
BB p.106,
To Wives
Usually we did not leave.
2.
... leave.
BB p.108,
To Wives
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
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
9.
... leave it
alone.
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
10.
... leave it
alone.
BB p.139,
To Employers
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
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
16.
... leave them
out of the first discussion.
BB p.91,
Working With Others
17.
... leave us.
BB p.84,
Into Action
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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