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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
LONELY occurs
9 times
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1.
... lonely and
again turned to alcohol.
BB p.1,
Bill's Story
I was very
lonely and again
turned to
alcohol.
2.
... lonely business,
even though we had been ...
12&12 p.116,
Step Twelve
For
alcoholism had been a
lonely business, even though we
had been
surrounded by people who
loved us.
3.
... lonely evenings
for you.
BB p.111,
To Wives
This may
lead to
lonely evenings for you.
4.
... lonely heart.
12&12 p.148,
Tradition Four
Some were
club-
minded, but
it was just a
question of
taking care of the
lonely heart.
5.
... lonely-heart Eskimo
to the growing pains of ...
12&12 p.168,
Tradition Eight
6.
Lonely hearts
pine.
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
7.
... lonely, hurt,
and left out as they ...
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
At
first many of these
feel
lonely,
hurt, and
left out as they
witness so
much
domestic happiness about them.
8.
... lonely, sorry
for himself.
BB p.81,
Into Action
The
husband begins to
feel lonely,
sorry for himself.
9.
... lonely week-end.
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
Unless he took some
drinks, he might not have the
courage to
scrape an
acquaintance and would have a
lonely week-
end.
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