From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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Save for
a few brief moments of ...
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.
2.
... save himself?
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
3.
... save himself
from the alcoholic pit.
BB p.79,
Into Action
Therefore, we are not to be the hasty and foolish martyr who would needlessly sacrifice
others to save himself from the alcoholic pit.
4.
... save himself
he must carry his message ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
5.
... save many
a heartbreak if you can ...
BB p.111,
To Wives
We know these suggestions are sometimes difficult to
follow, but you will save many a heartbreak if you can succeed in observing
them.
6.
... save me
from being angry.
BB p.67,
How It Works
7.
... save our
own skin at another person's ...
BB p.74,
Into Action
8.
... save the
day.
BB p.15,
Bill's Story
This sometimes nearly
drove me back to drink, but I soon found that when all other measures failed, work with another alcoholic would save the day.
9.
... save the
spineless and stupid.
BB p.139,
To Employers
10.
... save us,
no matter how much we ...
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
11.
... save whole
areas from turmoil, small offices ...
12&12 p.161,
Tradition Seven
To save whole areas from turmoil, small offices had to be set up, telephones installed,
and a few full-time secretaries hired.
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