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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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STRAIGHT   occurs   14 times 7 in BB  •  7 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... straight.  BB How It Works, p.67
We admitted our wrongs honestly and were willing to set these matters straight.


2.
  ... straight alcohol.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.178
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 To Employers, p.143
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 Bill's Story, p.9
He looked straight at me.


5.
  ... straight at Tradition Seven as it reads ...  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.162
At last the pendulum stopped swinging and pointed straight at Tradition Seven as it reads today.


6.
  ... straight, be called anything else?  BB More About Alcoholism, p.37
How can such a lack of proportion, of the ability to think straight, be called anything else?


7.
  ... straight for the person concerned, and lay ...  12&12 Step Nine, p.85
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 We Agnostics, p.54
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 Step Seven, p.74
Our eyes begin to open to the immense values which have come straight out of painful ego-puncturing.


10.
  ... straight pepper diet.  BB How It Works, p.69
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 Step Five, p.59
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 Step Eleven, p.103
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 Step Ten, p.90
These emotional "dry benders" often led straight to the bottle.


14.
  ... straight to the question "Does A.A. have ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.134
This brings us straight to the question "Does A.A. have a real leadership?"


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