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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
ISOLATES occurs
2 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... isolates most
homes from the outside world.
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
Drinking isolates most
homes from the
outside world.
2.
... isolates the
wife of an alcoholic.
BB p.119,
To Wives
It is
probably true that
you and your
husband have been
living too much alone, for
drinking many
times isolates the
wife of an
alcoholic.
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