From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SUPPLY occurs
6 times
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1.
... supply.
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
We won't have far to
seek; the
great men and
women of all
religions have
left us a
wonderful supply.
2.
... supply away
from him to throw down ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
If he can
afford it, he may have
liquor concealed all over
his
house to be
certain no
one gets his
entire supply
away from him to
throw down the
wastepipe.
3.
... supply of
current.
12&12 p.36,
Step Three
We are
delighted with this
dependence; our
main hope is that
nothing will ever
cut off the
supply of
current.
4.
... supply us
with more satisfactions or pleasures ...
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
When they
drive us
blindly, or we
willfully
demand that they
supply us
with more
satisfactions or
pleasures than are
possible or
due us, that is
the
point at which we
depart from the
degree of
perfection that
God wishes for us here on
earth.
5.
... supply us
with the next drink and ...
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
When our
drinking had
become much
worse,
money was only an
urgent requirement which could
supply us with the
next drink and the
temporary comfort of
oblivion it
brought.
6.
... supply was
inexhaustible, though between binges we'd ...
12&12 p.120,
Step Twelve
In our
drinking time, we
acted as if the
money supply was
inexhaustible,
though between
binges we'd sometimes go to the
other
extreme and
become
almost
miserly.
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