From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... stopped.
BB p.5,
Bill's Story
This had to be stopped.
2.
... stopped arguing,
I could begin to see ...
12&12 p.27,
Step Two
3.
... stopped at
a roadside place where they ...
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
4.
... stopped blowin'?"
BB p.82,
Into Action
5.
... stopped drinking.
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
Though there is no way of proving it, we believe that early in our drinking careers most of
us could have stopped drinking.
6.
... stopped drinking.
BB p.116,
To Wives
We thought, on the whole,
we were pretty good women, capable of being nicer if our husbands stopped drinking.
7.
... stopped drinking
abruptly.
BB p.179,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
8.
... stopped fighting
anybody or anything.
BB p.103,
Working With Others
9.
... Stopped in
Time") were carried over from ...
BB xii,
Preface
Nine of the stories in Part II ("They Stopped in Time") were carried over from the second edition; eight new stories were added.
10.
... stopped me
for, so long as I ...
BB p.141,
To Employers
I know, in my own particular case, that nothing my company could
have done would have stopped
me for, so long as I was able
to hold my position, I
could not possibly realize how serious my situation was.
11.
... stopped swinging
and pointed straight at Tradition ...
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
12.
... stopped the
man tends to be impotent.
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
Couples are occasionally dismayed
to find that when drinking
is stopped the man tends to be impotent.
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