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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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SPREE   occurs   12 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... spree.   12&12 p.120, Step Twelve
Without realizing it we were just accumulating funds for the next spree.


2.
... spree.   BB p.92, Working With Others   Go to page 92 in the Big Book
Show him the mental twist which leads to the first drink of a spree.


3.
... spree.   BB p.99, Working With Others   Go to page 99 in the Big Book
But we must try to repair the damage immediately lest we pay the penalty by a spree.


4.
... spree, a certain amount of physical treatment ...   BB p.143, To Employers   Go to page 142 in the Big Book
For most alcoholics who are drinking, or who are just getting over a spree, a certain amount of physical treatment is desirable, even imperative.


5.
... spree drinking.   BB p.32, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 32 in the Big Book
A man of thirty was doing a great deal of spree drinking.


6.
... spree, emerging remorseful, with a firm resolution ...   BB xxix(xxvii), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
After they have succumbed to the desire again, as so many do, and the phenomenon of craving develops, they pass through the well-known stages of a spree, emerging remorseful, with a firm resolution not to drink again.


7.
... spree, he begins to think once more ...   BB p.109, To Wives   Go to page 109 in the Big Book
But when he gets over the spree, he begins to think once more how he can drink moderately next time.

8.
... spree, he would say to himself, "Maybe ...   12&12 p.23, Step One
Following every spree, he would say to himself, "Maybe those A.A.'s were right. ..."


9.
... spree, or at least for a lucid ...   BB p.90, Working With Others   Go to page 90 in the Big Book
Wait for the end of the spree, or at least for a lucid interval.


10.
... spree that ended all sprees.   BB p.155, A Vision For You   Go to page 155 in the Big Book
For him, this was the spree that ended all sprees.


11.
... spree was insanely insufficient in the light ...   BB p.37, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 37 in the Big Book
But even in this type of beginning we are obliged to admit that our justification for a spree was insanely insufficient in the light of what always happened.


12.
... spree which has brought him to the ...   BB p.35, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 35 in the Big Book
Friends who have reasoned with him after a spree which has brought him to the point of divorce or bankruptcy are mystified when he walks directly into a saloon.


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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