MODERATE in Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions

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... moderate. BB p.112, To Wives

Show him you have confidence in his power to stop or moderate.

... moderate. BB p.112, To Wives

If you act upon these principles, your husband may stop or moderate.

... moderate, although he may find it difficult ... BB p.21, There Is A Solution

If a sufficiently strong reason -- ill health, falling in love, change of environment, or the warning of a doctor -- becomes operative, this man can also stop or moderate, although he may find it difficult and troublesome and may even need medical attention.

... moderate, because their brains and bodies have ... BB p.39, More About Alcoholism

That may be true of certain nonalcoholic people who, though drinking foolishly and heavily at the present time, are able to stop or moderate, because their brains and bodies have not been damaged as ours were.

... moderate drinker; he may or may not ... 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.

... moderate drinker or a teetotaler, you may ... BB p.139, To Employers

Whether you are a hard drinker, a moderate drinker or a teetotaler, you may have some pretty strong opinions, perhaps prejudices.

... moderate drinker, you can take your liquor ... BB p.139, To Employers

As a moderate drinker, you can take your liquor or leave it alone.

Moderate drinkers have little trouble in giving ... BB p.20, There Is A Solution

Moderate drinkers have little trouble in giving up liquor entirely if they have good reason for it.

... moderate or stop altogether, and some will ... BB p.109, To Wives

Some will moderate or stop altogether, and some will not.

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