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... normally.
BB p.33,
More About Alcoholism
Most of us have believed that if we remained sober for a long stretch, we could thereafter drink normally.
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... normally, and
we will find that this ...
BB p.85,
Into Action
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... normally would
not mix.
BB p.17,
There Is A Solution
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... normally would
not mix" (page 17 of ...
BB xxiii,
Foreword to Fourth Edition
When the phrase "We are people who normally would not
mix" (page 17 of this book) was written in 1939, it referred to a Fellowship composed largely of men (and a few women) with quite similar social, ethnic, and economic backgrounds.
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