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... liquor.
BB p.1,
Bill's Story
2.
... liquor."
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
3.
... liquor.
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
4.
... liquor.
BB p.81,
Into Action
5.
... liquor.
BB p.84,
Into Action
6.
... liquor.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
7.
... liquor.
BB p.109,
To Wives
8.
... liquor.
BB p.110,
To Wives
9.
... liquor.
BB p.143,
To Employers
Your man will fare better if placed in such physical condition that
he can think straight and
no longer craves liquor.
10.
... liquor.
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
11.
... liquor.
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Not being a man of means, I knew that if I did not
stay sober enough to earn money, I would run out of liquor.
12.
... liquor agency
where perhaps one might procure ...
BB p.171,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
No beer or liquor was sold in the neighborhood, except at
the State liquor agency where perhaps one might procure a pint if he could convince the
agent that he really needed it.
13.
... 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.
14.
... liquor and
smuggle it home and hide ...
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
If my wife was planning to
go out in the afternoon, I would get a large supply of liquor and smuggle it home and hide it in the coal bin, the clothes chute, over door jambs, over beams in the cellar, and in cracks in the cellar tile.
15.
... liquor, and
this often requires a definite ...
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
Of course an alcoholic
ought to be freed from his
physical craving for
liquor, and this often requires a definite hospital procedure, before psychological
measures can be of maximum benefit.
16.
... liquor as
a social lubricant.
BB p.110,
To Wives
17.
... liquor as
their exchequers permitted, and that ...
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I knew everyone would buy a few bottles, or cases, of liquor as their exchequers permitted, and that it would soon be gone.
18.
... liquor, but
how can I?
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
19.
... liquor, but
in that respect he is ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
He is often perfectly sensible and well balanced concerning everything except liquor, but in that respect he is
incredibly dishonest and selfish.
20.
Liquor caught
up with me much faster ...
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
21.
Liquor ceased
to be a luxury; it ...
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
22.
... liquor concealed
all over his house to ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
If he can afford it, he may have liquor concealed all over his house to be certain no one gets his entire supply away from him to throw down the wastepipe.
23.
... liquor consumption,
once he starts to drink.
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
He may start off as a moderate drinker; he may
or may not become a continuous hard drinker; but at some stage of
his drinking career he
begins to lose all control of his liquor consumption, once he starts to drink.
24.
... liquor down
my throat.
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
So it doesn't behoove me to squawk about it for, after
all, nobody ever had to throw me down and pour liquor down my throat.
25.
... liquor entirely
if they have good reason ...
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
26.
... liquor for
good and all, and sincerely ...
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
But if you really and truly
want to quit drinking liquor for good and all, and sincerely
feel that you must have some
help, we know that we have an
answer for you.
27.
... liquor for
the next night, I had ...
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
My phobia for sleeplessness demanded that I get drunk every night, but in order to get more liquor for the next night, I had to stay sober during the day, at least up to four o'clock.
28.
... liquor has
been given us without any ...
BB p.85,
Into Action
We will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given us without any thought or effort on our part.
29.
... liquor has
caused you, being careful not ...
BB p.91,
Working With Others
If he is in a serious mood
dwell on the troubles
liquor has caused you, being careful not to moralize or lecture.
30.
... liquor in
our homes.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
31.
Liquor incapacitated
father for so many years ...
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
32.
... liquor is
no real problem.
BB p.139,
To Employers
33.
... liquor is
served; we must not have ...
BB p.100,
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.
34.
... liquor much
during the first two and ...
BB p.181,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Unlike most of our crowd, I
did not get over my craving for liquor much during the first two and one-half years of abstinence.
35.
... liquor on
the way to the depot.
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
36.
... liquor, or
he is minus a job.
BB p.138,
To Employers
37.
... liquor or
leave it alone.
BB p.139,
To Employers
38.
... liquor problem.
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
My wife became deeply interested, and it
was her interest that sustained mine, though I at no time sensed that it might be an
answer to my liquor problem.
39.
... liquor problem
is solved, to feel that ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
It is the most natural thing in the world, once his liquor problem is solved, to feel that he will now measure up to that cherished vision.
40.
... liquor problem
or He has not.
BB p.120,
To Wives
41.
... liquor shipped
in from Boston or New ...
BB p.171,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
Men who had liquor shipped in from Boston or New York by express were looked upon with great distrust and disfavor by
most of the good townspeople.
42.
... liquor should
be enjoyed, not misused; hard ...
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
They wanted to say that liquor should be enjoyed, not misused; hard drinkers ought to slow down, and problem drinkers -- alcoholics -- should not drink at all.
43.
... liquor situation,
he went on a roaring ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
Some time later, and just as he thought he was getting control of his
liquor situation, he went on a roaring bender.
44.
... liquor, smuggling
it home, getting drunk, morning ...
BB p.177,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
It was really a horrible
nightmare, this earning money, getting liquor, smuggling it home, getting drunk, morning jitters, taking large doses of sedatives to make it possible for me to earn more money, and so on ad nauseam.
45.
... liquor than
in former years.
BB p.174,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
This had little effect
however for I kept on drinking and used a great deal more hard liquor than in former years.
46.
... liquor, that
it does him no harm, ...
BB p.109,
To Wives
He is positive he can handle his liquor, that it does
him no harm, that drinking is necessary in
his business.
47.
... liquor, though
it often remains strong in ...
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
It relieved me somewhat to learn that in alcoholics the will is amazingly weakened when
it comes to combating
liquor, though it often remains strong in other respects.
48.
... liquor to
anyone.
BB p.102,
Working With Others
49.
... liquor to
quiet his nerves so he ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
As matters grow worse, he begins to use a combination of high-powered sedative and liquor to quiet his nerves so he can go to work.
50.
... liquor trade
association style.
12&12 p.158,
Tradition Six
51.
... liquor trade
to show a sense of ...
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
It would be a good thing,
they believed, for the liquor trade to show a sense of public responsibility.
52.
... liquor was
but a symptom.
BB p.64,
How It Works
Our liquor was but a symptom.
53.
... liquor was
sold in the neighborhood, except ...
BB p.171,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
No beer or liquor was sold in the neighborhood, except at
the State liquor agency where perhaps one might procure a pint if he could convince the
agent that he really needed it.
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