From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
VICTIM occurs
6 times
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1.
... victim from
this kind of talk.
BB p.146,
To Employers
The
employer can many
times protect the
victim from this
kind of
talk.
2.
... victim of
another addiction even worse stigmatized ...
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
Since I am the
victim of another
addiction even
worse stigmatized than
alcoholism, you may not
want me among you.
3.
... victim of
crooked thinking, directly caused by ...
BB p.140,
To Employers
Can it be
appreciated that he has been a
victim of
crooked thinking,
directly caused by the
action of
alcohol on his
brain?
4.
... victim of
the delusion that he can ...
BB p.61,
How It Works
Is he not a
victim of the
delusion that he can
wrest
satisfaction and
happiness out of this
world
if he only
manages well?
5.
... victim to
a belief which practically every ...
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
Then he
fell victim to a
belief which
practically
every
alcoholic has -- that his
long period of
sobriety and
self-
discipline had
qualified him to
drink as
other
men.
6.
... victim would
then rightly declare that his ...
12&12 p.185,
Tradition Twelve
The
aggrieved victim
would then
rightly declare that his
trust had
been
broken.
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