"pay" in the Big Book

Sometimes a small deal would net a few hundred dollars, and I would pay my bills at the bars and delicatessens.

That the man who is making the approach has had the same difficulty, that he obviously knows what he is talking about, that his whole deportment shouts at the new prospect that he is a man with a real answer, that he has no attitude of Holier Than Thou, nothing whatever except the sincere desire to be helpful; that there are no fees to pay, no axes to grind, no people to please, no lectures to be endured—these are the condi­

Our drinking has made us slow to pay.

We might pay for this presumption in all sorts of absurd actions and ideas.

But we must try to repair the damage immediately lest we pay the penalty by a spree.

not have brought the pay envelopes home.

Especially when he has before him a way to stop his drinking and abuse if he really wants to pay the price.

He may not see at once that he has barely scratched a limitless lode which will pay dividends only if he mines it for the rest of his life and insists on giving away the entire product.

Your understanding treatment of their cases will pay dividends.

If you propose such a procedure to him, it may be necessary to advance the cost of treatment, but we believe it should be made plain that any expense will later be deducted from his pay.

Even if you feel your organization has no alcoholic problem, it might pay to take another look down the line.