From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... returned.
BB p.84,
Into Action
2.
... returned.
BB p.114,
To Wives
3.
... returned; and
at such times a great ...
BB p.57,
We Agnostics
Save for a few brief moments of temptation the thought
of drink has never returned; and at such times a great revulsion has risen up in him.
4.
... returned and
he thanked God.
BB p.154,
A Vision For You
5.
... returned at
all.
BB p.100,
Working With Others
6.
... returned from
a three-months leave of absence, ...
BB p.138,
To Employers
He has just returned from a three-months leave of absence, has taken a cure, looks fine, and to clinch the matter, the board of directors told him this was his last chance."
7.
... returned home,
leaving behind his first acquaintance, ...
BB p.159,
A Vision For You
He now returned home, leaving behind his first acquaintance, the lawyer and the devil-may-care chap.
8.
... returned to
New York in the fall ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
When the broker returned to
New York in the fall of 1935, the first A.A. group had actually been formed, though no one realized it at the time.
9.
... returned to
resume my practice.
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
10.
... returned to
say that is was not ...
BB p.136,
To Employers
My secretary returned to
say that is was not Mr. B___ on
the phone; it was Mr. B___'s brother, and he wished to give me a message.
11.
... returned to
the hospital.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
12.
... returned to
the hotel it struck me ...
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
When I returned to the hotel
it struck me a highball
would be fine before going to bed, so I stepped into the bar and had one.
13.
... returned to
them six months later, a ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
Had they fired me first, and
had they then taken steps to
see that I was presented
with the solution contained in this book, I
might have returned to them six
months later, a well man.
14.
... returned to
this doctor, whom he admired, ...
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
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