"normal" in the Big Book

His disposition while drinking resembles his normal nature but little.

Opinions vary considerably as to why the alcoholic reacts differently from normal people.

Physicians who are familiar with alcoholism agree there is no such thing as making a normal drinker out of an alcoholic.

He is an intelligent man, normal so far as we can see, except for a nervous disposition.

You would expect him, if he were normal, to cut it out.

They may be the dubious luxury of normal men, but for alcoholics these things are poison.

Show him, from your own experience, how the queer mental condition surrounding that first drink prevents normal functioning of the will power.

If your husband is otherwise a normal individual, your chances are good at this stage.

Father may have laid aside for years all normal activities—clubs, civic duties, sports.

Normal drinkers are not so affected, nor can they understand the aberrations of the alcoholic.

normal, will do incredible things.

alcoholic employees, who produce as much as five normal salesmen.

Alco_9781893007161_6p_01_r6.qxd 8/13/07 10:55 AM Page 151 F or most normal folks, drinking means conviviality, companionship and colorful imagination.