From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... straight.
BB p.67,
How It Works
2.
... straight alcohol.
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
It then occurred to me that after one was all smelled up with beer nobody could tell what had been drunk, so I
began to fortify my beer with straight alcohol.
3.
... straight and
no longer craves liquor.
BB p.143,
To Employers
Your man will fare better if placed in such physical condition that
he can think straight and no longer craves liquor.
4.
... straight at
me.
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
He looked straight at me.
5.
... straight at
Tradition Seven as it reads ...
12&12 p.162,
Tradition Seven
6.
... straight, be
called anything else?
BB p.37,
More About Alcoholism
7.
... straight for
the person concerned, and lay ...
12&12 p.85,
Step Nine
But if no such opportunity presents
itself, at some point we will want to summon all our courage, head straight for the person concerned, and lay our cards on the table.
8.
... straight line
is the shortest distance between ...
BB p.54,
We Agnostics
We could not prove life in
the sense that you can prove
a straight line is the shortest distance between two points, yet, there it was.
9.
... straight out
of painful ego-puncturing.
12&12 p.74,
Step Seven
Our eyes begin to open to the immense values which have come straight out of painful ego-puncturing.
10.
... straight pepper
diet.
BB p.69,
How It Works
One school would allow man no
flavor for his fare and the
other would have us all on a straight pepper diet.
11.
... straight thinking,
solid honesty, and genuine humility.
12&12 p.59,
Step Five
Only by discussing ourselves, holding back nothing, only by being willing to take advice and accept direction could we
set foot on the road to straight thinking, solid honesty, and genuine humility.
12.
... straight to
God, and in prayer secure ...
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
Of course, it is reasonable and understandable that the question is often asked: "Why can't we take a specific and troubling dilemma straight to God, and in prayer secure from Him sure and definite answers to our requests?"
13.
... straight to
the bottle.
12&12 p.90,
Step Ten
14.
... straight to
the question "Does A.A. have ...
12&12 p.134,
Tradition Two
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