From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... touch a
drink again until the country ...
BB p.175,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I think I must have been thoroughly scared by what
had happened, or by the doctor, or probably both, so that I did not touch a
drink again until the country went dry.
2.
... touch another
drop.
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
He made up his mind that until he had been successful in business
and had retired, he would not touch another drop.
3.
... touch another
drop but by nine o'clock ...
BB p.158,
A Vision For You
I've prayed to God on hangover mornings and sworn that I'd never touch another drop but by nine o'clock I'd be boiled as an
owl."
4.
... touch more
than a fair fraction of ...
BB xxi,
Foreword to Second Edition
In all probability, we shall never be able to touch more than a fair fraction of the alcohol problem in all its ramifications.
5.
... touch the
sufferer's.
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
6.
... touch with
a prominent psychiatrist who had ...
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
He got in touch with a prominent psychiatrist who had undertaken certain responsibilities for the mental health of the community.
7.
... touch with
A.A.
BB xi,
Preface
The second edition added the appendices, the
Twelve Traditions, and
the directions for getting in touch with A.A.
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