From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SCRAPES occurs
5 times
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1.
... scrapes.
BB p.3,
Bill's Story
There had been no
real infidelity, for
loyalty
to my
wife,
helped at
times by
extreme drunkenness,
kept me out
of those
scrapes.
2.
... scrapes and
impasses.
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
3.
... scrapes can
generally be charged, no matter ...
BB p.140,
To Employers
But these
scrapes can
generally be
charged, no
matter how
bad, to the
abnormal action of
alcohol on his
mind.
4.
... scrapes, helping
to settle family differences, explaining ...
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
5.
... scrapes, perhaps
pretty messy ones.
BB p.140,
To Employers
Your
man has
probably been
trying to
conceal a
number of
scrapes, perhaps
pretty messy ones.
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