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RUIN   occurs   7 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... ruin.   12&12 p.37, Step Three
Plainly enough, it is a bone-crushing juggernaut whose final achievement is ruin.


2.
... ruin everything!   BB p.101, Working With Others   Go to page 101 in the Big Book
His only chance for sobriety would be some place like the Greenland Ice Cap, and even there an Eskimo might turn up with a bottle of scotch and ruin everything!

3.
... ruin his health.   12&12 p.66, Step Six
No one wants to be angry enough to murder, lustful enough to rape, gluttonous enough to ruin his health.

4.
... ruin our relation with another person for ...   12&12 p.91, Step Ten
One unkind tirade or one willful snap judgment can ruin our relation with another person for a whole day, or maybe a whole year.


5.
... ruin, particularly to a person in his ...   BB p.156, A Vision For You   Go to page 156 in the Big Book
He trembled as he went about, for this might mean ruin, particularly to a person in his line of business.


6.
... ruin to them?   BB p.107, To Wives   Go to page 107 in the Big Book
Why could they not see that drink meant ruin to them?


7.
... ruin your life and the lives of ...   BB p.108, To Wives   Go to page 108 in the Big Book
Is it right to let him ruin your life and the lives of your children?


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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