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HOMES   occurs   17 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... homes.    12&12 p.117,  Step Twelve
Most married folks in A.A. have very happy homes.


2.
... homes.    BB p.102,  Working With Others   Go to page 102 in the Big Book
Many of us keep liquor in our homes.


3.
... homes.    BB xx,  Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
For this there were two principal reasons: the large numbers of recoveries, and reunited homes.

4.
... homes and farms for alcoholics, when some ...    12&12 p.167,  Tradition Eight
Even greater furors were provoked when A.A. members began to run rest homes and farms for alcoholics, when some hired out to corporations as personnel men in charge of the alcoholic problem in industry, when some became nurses on alcoholic wards, when others entered the field of alcohol education.


5.
... homes for long at a time.    BB p.97,  Working With Others   Go to page 97 in the Big Book
We seldom allow an alcoholic to live in our homes for long at a time.


6.
... homes from the outside world.    BB p.131,  The Family Afterward   Go to page 131 in the Big Book
Drinking isolates most homes from the outside world.


7.
... homes have been battle-grounds many an evening.    BB p.105,  To Wives   Go to page 105 in the Big Book
Our homes have been battle-grounds many an evening.


8.
... homes, making us feel heroic.    BB p.1,  Bill's Story   Go to page 1 in the Big Book
War fever ran high in the New England town to which we new, young officers from Plattsburg were assigned, and we were flattered when the first citizens took us to their homes, making us feel heroic.


9.
... homes, never knowing how or when the ...    BB p.105,  To Wives   Go to page 105 in the Big Book
We seldom had friends at our homes, never knowing how or when the men of the house would appear.


10.
... homes, occupations and affairs.    BB p.19,  There Is A Solution   Go to page 19 in the Big Book
A much more important demonstration of our principles lies before us in our respective homes, occupations and affairs.

11.
... homes, telephones ring constantly.    12&12 p.180,  Tradition Eleven
In A.A. offices, clubs, and homes, telephones ring constantly.


12.
... homes, their slender resources, and gladly devoted ...    BB p.159,  A Vision For You   Go to page 159 in the Big Book
They shared their homes, their slender resources, and gladly devoted their spare hours to fellow-sufferers.


13.
... homes this is a difficult thing to ...    BB p.98,  Working With Others   Go to page 98 in the Big Book
In many homes this is a difficult thing to do, but it must be done if any results are to be expected.


14.
... homes today, would perhaps be dead.    BB p.82,  Into Action   Go to page 82 in the Big Book
Had this not been so, many of us would have no homes today, would perhaps be dead.


15.
... homes; we must shun friends who drink; ...    BB p.101,  Working With Others   Go to page 100 in the Big Book
People have said we must not go where liquor is served; we must not have it in our homes; we must shun friends who drink; we must avoid moving pictures which show drinking scenes; we must not go into bars; our friends must hide their bottles if we go to their houses; we mustn't think or be reminded about alcohol at all.

16.
... homes were threatened, and that was no ...    12&12 p.140,  Tradition Three
We were grim because we felt our lives and homes were threatened, and that was no laughing matter.

17.
... homes where badly beat-up topers could find ...    12&12 p.170,  Tradition Eight
Now and then, A.A. members have bought farms or rest homes where badly beat-up topers could find needed care.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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