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It went into certain securities, then cheap and rather unpopular.

With a certain satisfaction I reflected there was enough gin concealed about the house to carry me through that night and the next day.

The word God still aroused a certain antipathy.

spiritual life through work and self-sacrifice for others, he could not survive the certain trials and low spots ahead.

Then we have a certain type of hard drinker.

If he can afford it, he may have liquor concealed all over his house to be certain no one gets his entire supply away from him to throw down the wastepipe.

We are not sure why, once a certain point is reached, little can be done for him.

Sometimes these excuses have a certain plausibility, but none of them really makes sense in the light of the havoc an alcoholic’s drinking bout creates.

At a certain point in the drinking of every alcoholic, he passes into a state where the most powerful desire to stop drinking is of absolutely no avail.

We are unable, at certain times, to bring into our consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the suffering and humiliation of even a week or a month ago.

The almost certain consequences that follow taking even a glass of beer do not crowd into the mind to deter us.

A certain American business man had ability, good sense, and high character.

without disaster, provided he remains willing to maintain a certain simple attitude.

Certain drinkers, who would be greatly insulted if called alcoholics, are astonished at their inability to stop.

Thanks for the information.’’ That may be true of certain nonalcoholic people who, though drinking foolishly and heavily at the present time, are able to stop or moderate, because their brains and bodies have not been damaged as ours were.

For most cases, there is virtually no other solution.’’ Once more: The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first drink.

They flatly declare that since they have come to believe in a Power greater than themselves, to take a certain attitude toward that Power, and to do certain simple things, there has been a revolutionary change in their way of living and thinking.

Without knowing it, had we not been brought to where we stood by a certain kind of faith?

If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it—then you are ready to take certain steps.

We have admitted certain defects; we have ascertained in a rough way what the trouble is; we have put our finger on the weak items in our personal inventory.

Time after time newcomers have tried to keep to themselves certain facts about their lives.

He wants to enjoy a certain reputation, but knows in his heart he doesn’t deserve it.

Coming to his senses, he is revolted at certain episodes he vaguely remembers.

We may have had certain spiritual beliefs, but now we begin to have a spiritual experience.

There is no use arousing any prejudice he may have against certain theological terms and conceptions about which he may already be confused.

Be certain he will be welcomed by your family, and that he is not trying to impose upon you for money, connections, or shelter.

His drinking may be constant or it may be heavy only on certain occasions.

Being certain he wants to stop, you can go to him with this volume as joyfully as though you had struck oil.

Defeat seemed certain.

O ur women folk have suggested certain attitudes a wife may take with the husband who is recovering.

In either case certain family problems will arise.

Even if he displays a certain amount of neglect and irresponsibility towards the family, it is well to let him go as far as he likes in helping other alcoholics.

If he temporizes and still thinks he can ever drink again, even beer, he might as well be discharged after the next bender which, if an alcoholic, he is almost certain to have.

over a spree, a certain amount of physical treatment is desirable, even imperative.

Wherever men are gathered together in business there will be rivalries and, arising out of these, a certain amount of office politics.

Here is a brief account: Years ago, in 1935, one of our number made a journey to a certain western city.

His call to the clergyman led him presently to a certain resident of the town, who, though formerly able and respected, was then nearing the nadir of alcoholic despair.

This practice enables us to lend a hand, at the same time avoiding certain alluring distractions of the road, about which any traveling man can inform you.* Thus we grow.

He got in touch with a prominent psychiatrist who had undertaken certain responsibilities for the mental health of the community.

And with such good effect that the doctor agreed to a test among his patients and certain other alcoholics from a clinic which he attends.