From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... subject.
12&12 p.170,
Tradition Eight
2.
... subject.
BB p.173,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
3.
... subject better,
as everyone should have a ...
BB p.112,
To Wives
You think he ought to know the subject better, as everyone should
have a clear understanding of the risk he takes if he drinks too much.
4.
... subject, but
after a friendly talk your ...
BB p.112,
To Wives
If this kind of approach
does not catch your husband's interest, it may
be best to drop the subject, but after a friendly talk your husband will usually revive the topic himself.
5.
... subject, but
so far as we are ...
BB p.144,
To Employers
By no means do we offer it as the last word on this subject, but so far as we are concerned, it
has worked with us.
6.
... subject himself.
BB p.111,
To Wives
7.
... subject, it
should be the privilege of ...
BB p.118,
To Wives
Next time you and he have a heated discussion, no matter what the subject, it should be the privilege of either to smile and say, "This is getting serious.
8.
... subject matter
of this book: It contains ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
To return to the subject matter of this book: It contains full suggestions by which the employee may solve his problem.
9.
... subject of
alcoholism.
BB p.180,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
It must be remembered
that I had read a great deal and talked to everyone who knew, or thought they knew anything about the subject of
alcoholism.
10.
... subject of
alcoholism which was undoubtedly helpful.
BB p.180,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
11.
... subject of
confidence, can you adopt the ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
While on the subject of confidence, can you adopt
the attitude that so far as
you are concerned this will be a strictly personal matter, that his
alcoholic derelictions, the treatment about to be undertaken, will never be discussed without his consent?
12.
... subject of
drinking, even with your own ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
13.
... subject of
God.
BB p.77,
Into Action
14.
... subject presented
in this book seems to ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
The subject presented in
this book seems to me to be
of paramount importance to those afflicted with alcoholic addiction.
15.
... subject which
is covered in such masterly ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
There was, therefore, a sense of real satisfaction when I was asked to contribute a few words on a subject which is covered in such masterly detail in these pages.
16.
... subject which
our man thought he had ...
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
But his face falls when we speak of spiritual matters, especially when
we mention God, for we have
re-opened a subject which our man thought he had neatly evaded or entirely ignored.
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