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

hazards
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HEAD   occurs   26 times 19 in BB  •  7 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
See also...   heads
headache
headed
headings

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1.
  ... head.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.38
He tries every known means to get the jay-walking idea out of his head.


2.
  ... head.  BB To Wives, p.108
An alcoholic of this temperament may be quick to use this chapter as a club over your head.


3.
  ... head.  BB The Family Afterward, p.129
Though the family does not fully agree with dad's spiritual activities, they should let him have his head.


4.
  ... head about him, that you are not ...  BB To Employers, p.146
He will appreciate knowing you are not bothering your head about him, that you are not suspicious nor are you trying to run his life so he will be shielded from temptation to drink.


5.
  ... head above water.  BB Into Action, p.79
He had commenced our way of life, had secured a position, and was getting his head above water.


6.
  ... head and go to business.  BB To Employers, p.139
Of an evening, you can go on a mild bender, get up in the morning, shake your head and go to business.


7.
  ... head by a senseless series of sprees.  BB There Is A Solution, p.21
He uses his gifts to build up a bright outlook for his family and himself, and then pulls the structure down on his head by a senseless series of sprees.


8.
  ... head completely when he's drinking.  BB A Vision For You, p.156
Goes off his head completely when he's drinking.


9.
  ... head doctor, Silkworth, began to tell me ...  12&12 Tradition Two, p.136
Three years ago, when my head doctor, Silkworth, began to tell me of the idea of helping drunks by spirituality, I thought it was crackpot stuff, but I've changed my mind.


10.
  ... head I told myself I would manage ...  BB Bill's Story, p.6
As the whisky rose to my head I told myself I would manage better next time, but I might as well get good and drunk then.


11.
  ... head in the door.  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.162
Just then an old acquaintance stuck a tousled and aching head in the door.


12.
  ... head nurse of a local hospital.  BB A Vision For You, p.156
One day they called up the head nurse of a local hospital.


13.
  ... head of our bed.  BB Bill's Story, p.8
I wondered whether I dared hide a full bottle of gin near the head of our bed.


14.
  ... head of the family will recover.  BB Working With Others, p.97
Should they accept and practice spiritual principles, there is a much better chance that the head of the family will recover.


15.
  ... head of the house.  BB The Family Afterward, p.130
Liquor incapacitated father for so many years that mother became head of the house.


16.
  ... head of the house has spent years ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.123
But the head of the house has spent years in pulling down the structures of business, romance, friendship, health -- these things are now ruined or damaged.


17.
  ... head of the house, often the breadwinner.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.118
If the man is affected, the wife must become the head of the house, often the breadwinner.


18.
  ... head of the house ought to remember ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.127
The head of the house ought to remember that he is mainly to blame for what befell his home.


19.
  ... head of the house still fails somewhat ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.130
They can hardly fail to approve these simple principles, though the head of the house still fails somewhat in practicing them.


20.
  ... head of vast enterprises which I would ...  BB Bill's Story, p.1
My talent for leadership, I imagined, would place me at the head of vast enterprises which I would manage with the utmost assurance.


21.
  ... head promoter wrote the Foundation office.  12&12 Tradition Four, p.149
The head promoter wrote the Foundation office.


22.
  ... head saying, "Something has happened to you ...  BB Bill's Story, p.14
Finally he shook his head saying, "Something has happened to you I don't understand.


23.
  ... head straight for the person concerned, and ...  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.


24.
  ... head the job?  12&12 Tradition Six, p.157
But what kind of person should head the job?


25.
  ... head toward perfection, but I'm certainly not ...  12&12 Step Six, p.69
Sure, I'll head toward perfection, but I'm certainly not going to hurry any.


26.
  ... head with a hammer so that he ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.23
They sound like the philosophy of the man who, having a headache, beats himself on the head with a hammer so that he can't feel the ache.


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