From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... re-assembled, and
he began to work as ...
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
His family was re-assembled, and he began to
work as a salesman for the
business he had lost through drinking.
2.
... re-create their
lives.
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
In nearly all cases, their
ideals must be grounded in a power greater than themselves,
if they are to re-create
their lives.
3.
... re-emphasize, to
smash home upon our alcoholic ...
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
This is a point we wish to emphasize and re-emphasize, to smash home upon our alcoholic readers as it
has been revealed to us out
of bitter experience.
4.
... re-establish friendly
relations with his children.
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
5.
... re-opened a
subject which our man thought ...
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
But his face falls when we speak of spiritual matters, especially when
we mention God, for we have
re-opened a subject which our man thought he had neatly evaded or entirely ignored.
6.
... re-reading chapters
two and three, where the ...
BB p.140,
To Employers
If this presents difficulty, re-reading chapters two and three, where the alcoholic sickness is discussed at length might
be worth while.
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