From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
LEAVING occurs
7 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
Leaving aside
the drink question, they tell ...
BB p.51,
We Agnostics
Leaving aside the
drink question, they tell
why
living was so
unsatisfactory.
2.
... leaving behind
his first acquaintance, the lawyer ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
3.
... leaving him
greatly in fear that he ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
The
broker had
gone to
Akron on a
business venture which had
collapsed,
leaving him
greatly in
fear that he might
start drinking again.
4.
... leaving liquor
alone for one year.
BB p.34,
More About Alcoholism
If anyone
questions whether he has
entered this
dangerous area, let him
try leaving liquor alone for one
year.
5.
... leaving the
asylum he came into contact ...
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
On
leaving the
asylum he
came into
contact with us.
6.
... leaving the
hospital a fast-moving trolley car ...
BB p.38,
More About Alcoholism
7.
... leaving us
with a profit of several ...
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
The
exercise of an
option brought in more
money,
leaving us with a
profit of
several
thousand dollars for that
year.
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