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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
MOUTH occurs
4 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... mouth.
BB p.137,
To Employers
After
two weeks of
drinking, he had
placed his
toe on the
trigger of a
loaded shotgun -- the
barrel was in his
mouth.
2.
... mouth.
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
New
groups started up and
it was
found, to the
astonishment of
everyone, that
A.A.'s
message could be
transmitted in the
mail as
well as by
word of
mouth.
3.
... mouth method
was too limited.
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
But it
became apparent
that the
word-of-
mouth method was too
limited.
4.
... mouth than
he pounced.
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
I'd no
sooner got the
word
'
spiritual' out of my
mouth than he
pounced.
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