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

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peril
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PERIOD   occurs   22 times 18 in BB  •  4 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
See also...   periods
periodically
perish
perished

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1.
  ... period.  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xviii
Our Society then entered a fearsome and exciting adolescent period.


2.
  ... period.  BB To Employers, p.137
Because of the employee's special ability, or of his own strong personal attachment to him, the employer has sometimes kept such a man at work long beyond a reasonable period.


3.
  ... period because of an overpowering desire to ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.32
We have heard of a few instances where people, who showed definite signs of alcoholism, were able to stop for a long period because of an overpowering desire to do so.


4.
  ... period ended and a prodigious chain reaction ...  12&12 Foreword, p.17
With the publication of the book "Alcoholics Anonymous" in 1939, the pioneering period ended and a prodigious chain reaction set in as the recovered alcoholics carried their message to still others.


5.
  ... period ended and A.A. entered a new ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvii
The flying-blind period ended and A.A. entered a new phase of its pioneering time.


6.
  ... period of drinking, I made up my ...  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.173
This went from bad to worse until sophomore spring when, after a prolonged period of drinking, I made up my mind that I could not complete my course, so I packed my grip and went South to spend a month on a large farm owned by a friend of mine.


7.
  ... period of growth.  BB Working With Others, p.100
Show them that he has entered upon a period of growth.


8.
  ... period of meditation with a prayer that ...  BB Into Action, p.87
We usually conclude the period of meditation with a prayer that we be shown all through the day what our next step is to be, that we be given whatever we need to take care of such problems.


9.
  ... period of months on some problem or ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxix
I have had many men who had, for example, worked a period of months on some problem or business deal which was to be settled on a certain date, favorably to them.


10.
  ... period of patient striving may be necessary.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.118
When the distortion has been great, however, a long period of patient striving may be necessary.


11.
  ... period of premeditation of what the terrific ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.37
We now see that when we began to drink deliberately, instead of casually, there was little serious or effective thought during the period of premeditation of what the terrific consequences might be.


12.
  ... period of reconstruction ahead.  BB Into Action, p.83
Yes, there is a long period of reconstruction ahead.


13.
  ... period of sobriety and self-discipline had qualified ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.32
Then he fell victim to a belief which practically every alcoholic has -- that his long period of sobriety and self-discipline had qualified him to drink as other men.


14.
  ... period of sobriety, we are in a ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.33
Commencing to drink after a period of sobriety, we are in a short time as bad as ever.


15.
  ... period of time.  BB Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.567
Most of our experiences are what the psychologist William James calls the "educational variety" because they develop slowly over a period of time.


16.
  ... period of time he can take a ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxx
There is the type who always believes that after being entirely free from alcohol for a period of time he can take a drink without danger.


17.
  ... period of time will be helpful, but ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.34
The experiment of quitting for a period of time will be helpful, but we think we can render an even greater service to alcoholic sufferers and perhaps to the medical fraternity.


18.
  ... period, the status of these faithful servants ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.168
At one period, the status of these faithful servants was almost unbearable.


19.
  ... period we get worse, never better.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.30
Over any considerable period we get worse, never better.


20.
  ... period were being ironed out, public acceptance ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, pp.xix-xx
While the internal difficulties of our adolescent period were being ironed out, public acceptance of A.A. grew by leaps and bounds.


21.
  ... period when you couldn't mix money and ...  12&12 Tradition Seven, p.163
(That was in the period when you couldn't mix money and A.A.)


22.
  ... period, you may yet be a potential ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.34
Though you may be able to stop for a considerable period, you may yet be a potential alcoholic.


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