From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... picture.
BB p.143,
To Employers
If your man accepts your offer, it should be pointed
out that physical treatment is but a small part of the picture.
2.
... picture.
BB p.146,
To Employers
After your man has gone along without drinking for a few months, you may be able to make use of his services with other employees who are giving you the alcoholic
run-around -- provided, of course, they
are willing to have a third party in the picture.
3.
... picture life
without alcohol.
BB p.152,
A Vision For You
4.
... picture may
not be as dark as ...
BB p.110,
To Wives
5.
... picture of
A.A. before the general public ...
BB xviii,
Foreword to Second Edition
Then Jack Alexander wrote a feature article in the Saturday Evening Post and placed such a compelling picture of A.A. before the general public that alcoholics in need of help really deluged us.
6.
... picture of
the alcoholic which leaves out ...
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
7.
... picture of
the ideal man, the sort ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
We women carry with us a
picture of the ideal man, the sort of chap we would like our husbands to be.
8.
... picture of
the true alcoholic, as our ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
9.
... picture..." or
"We saw something about A.A. ...
12&12 p.180,
Tradition Eleven
One voice says, "I read a piece in the newspapers..."; another,
"We heard a radio program..."; and still another, "We saw a moving picture..." or "We saw something about A.A. on television...."
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