"avoid" in the Big Book

I had had some success at speculation, so we had a little money, but we once worked on a farm for a month to avoid drawing on our small capital.

Had you offered yourselves as patients at this hospital, I would not have taken you, if I had been able to avoid it.

At first some of us tried to avoid the issue, hoping against hope we were not true alcoholics.

Thy will be done.’’ We avoid retaliation or argument.

We avoid hysterical thinking or advice.

Trying to avoid this humbling experience, they have turned to easier methods.

When possible, avoid meeting a man through his family.

Never avoid these responsibilities, but be sure you are doing the right thing if you assume them.

must not have it in our homes; we must shun friends who drink; we must avoid moving pictures which show drinking scenes; we must not go into bars; our friends must hide their bottles if we go to their houses; we mustn’t think or be reminded about alcohol at all.

So our rule is not to avoid a place where there is drinking, if we have a legitimate reason for being there.

Avoid urging him to follow our program.

You avoid the subject of drink­

Avoid answering these inquiries as much as you can.

If your husband is trying to live on a spiritual basis, he will also be doing everything in his power to avoid disagreement or contention.

That is why we are anxious that you understand, and that you avoid these unnecessary difficulties.* So to you out there who may soon be with us—we say “Good luck and God bless you!”

Avoid then, the deliberate manufacture of misery, but if trouble comes, cheerfully capitalize it as an opportunity to demonstrate His omnipotence.