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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
DURING occurs
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1.
2.
During all this
time we
became more or
less ostracized by our
friends.
3.
How my
wife kept her
faith and
courage during all
those years, I'll
never know, but she did.
4.
5.
Here are some of the
methods
we have
tried:
Drinking beer only,
limiting the
number of
drinks,
never drinking alone,
never drinking in the
morning,
drinking only at
home,
never having it in the
house,
never drinking during business hours,
drinking only at
parties,
switching from
scotch to
brandy,
drinking only
natural wines,
agreeing to
resign if
ever drunk on the
job,
taking a
trip, not
taking a
trip,
swearing off
forever (with
and
without a
solemn oath),
taking more physical exercise,
reading inspirational books,
going to
health farms and
sanitariums,
accepting voluntary commitment to
asylums --
we could
increase the
list
ad infinitum.
6.
7.
8.
These were
reefs upon which
many of us
came to
shipwreck during our
drinking careers.
9.
Be
sure you are not
critical
during such a
discussion.
10.
11.
12.
13.
I had
eaten there
many times during the
months I was
sober.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
I
lost only a
half day's
work during these
three years.
19.
During these
two years I was
kept so
busy that I
hardly left the
hospital at all.
20.
21.
I had been
out of
town before during this
particular dry spell, so there was
nothing new about that.
22.
23.
24.
25.
We
suggest you
draw the
book to the
attention of the
doctor who is to
attend your
patient during treatment.
26.
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Alcoholics Anonymous, the
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