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

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DRINKER   occurs   20 times 19 in BB  •  1 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
See also...   drinkers
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drinks
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1.
  ... drinker.  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxviii
We believe, and so suggested a few years ago, that the action of alcohol on these chronic alcoholics is a manifestation of an allergy; that the phenomenon of craving is limited to this class and never occurs in the average temperate drinker.


2.
  ... drinker.  BB There Is A Solution, p.20
Then we have a certain type of hard drinker.


3.
  ... drinker.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.30
The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker.


4.
  ... drinker.  BB To Wives, p.108
One: Your husband may be only a heavy drinker.


5.
  ... drinker.  BB To Wives, p.112
Meanwhile you might try to help the wife of another serious drinker.


6.
  ... drinker.  BB The Family Afterward, p.135
Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker.


7.
  ... drinker.  BB The Family Afterward, p.135
Here is a case in point: One of our friends is a heavy smoker and coffee drinker.


8.
  ... drinker.  BB To Employers, p.149
What our friend, the vice president, had in mind was the habitual or whoopee drinker.


9.
  ... drinker, a moderate drinker or a teetotaler, ...  BB To Employers, p.139
Whether you are a hard drinker, a moderate drinker or a teetotaler, you may have some pretty strong opinions, perhaps prejudices.


10.
  ... drinker, being dry at the moment says, ...  BB A Vision For You, p.151
Now and then a serious drinker, being dry at the moment says, "I don't miss it at all. Feel better. Work better. Having a better time."


11.
  ... drinker; but at some stage of his ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.21
He may start off as a moderate drinker; he may or may not become a continuous hard drinker; but at some stage of his drinking career he begins to lose all control of his liquor consumption, once he starts to drink.


12.
  ... drinker; he may or may not become ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.21
He may start off as a moderate drinker; he may or may not become a continuous hard drinker; but at some stage of his drinking career he begins to lose all control of his liquor consumption, once he starts to drink.


13.
  ... drinker in a thousand likes to be ...  BB Working With Others, p.103
We would not even do the cause of temperate drinking any good, for not one drinker in a thousand likes to be told anything about alcohol by one who hates it.


14.
  ... drinker or a teetotaler, you may have ...  BB To Employers, p.139
Whether you are a hard drinker, a moderate drinker or a teetotaler, you may have some pretty strong opinions, perhaps prejudices.


15.
  ... drinker out of an alcoholic.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.31
Physicians who are familiar with alcoholism agree there is no such thing as making a normal drinker out of an alcoholic.


16.
  ... drinker who has found this solution, who ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.18
But the ex-problem drinker who has found this solution, who is properly armed with facts about himself, can generally win the entire confidence of another alcoholic in a few hours.


17.
  ... drinker will be lessened.  BB To Wives, p.115
Then that terrible tension which grips the home of every problem drinker will be lessened.


18.
  ... drinker, "You are an A.A. member if ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.139
For A.A. is really saying to every serious drinker, "You are an A.A. member if you say so.


19.
  ... drinker, you can take your liquor or ...  BB To Employers, p.139
As a moderate drinker, you can take your liquor or leave it alone.


20.
  ... drinker, you probably worry over what other ...  BB To Wives, p.114
If your husband is a drinker, you probably worry over what other people are thinking and you hate to meet your friends.


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