"situation" in the Big Book

Nevertheless, I still thought I could control the situation, and there were periods of sobriety which renewed my wife’s hope.

Highly competent psychiatrists who have dealt with us have found it sometimes impossible to persuade an alcoholic to discuss his situation without reserve.

This tragic situation has already arrived in practically every case long before it is suspected.

We were in a position where life was becoming impossible, and if we had passed into the region from which there is no return through human aid, we had but two alternatives: One was to go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of our intolerable situation as best we could; and the other, to accept spiritual help.

Though a situation had not been entirely our fault, we tried to disregard the other person involved entirely.

God alone can judge our sex situation.

To sum up about sex: We earnestly pray for the right ideal, for guidance in each questionable situation, for sanity, and for the strength to do the right thing.

Of course she did not, and the whole situation has long since been adjusted.

Whatever the situation, we usually have to do something about it.

No outsider can appraise such an intimate situation.

To spend too much time on any one situation is to deny some other alcoholic an opportunity to live and be happy.

We want to leave you with the feeling that no situation is too difficult and no unhappiness too great to be overcome.

You can be quite hopeful of a situation like this.

You may have the reverse situation on your hands.

We think the business fabric is shot through with a situation which might be helped by better understanding all around.

I know, in my own particular case, that nothing my company could have done would have stopped me for, so long as I was able to hold my position, I could not possibly realize how serious my situation was.

If he speaks of his home situation, you can undoubtedly make helpful suggestions.

Being on a radically different basis of life, he will never take advantage of the situation.

It was the usual situation: home in jeopardy, wife ill, children distracted, bills in arrears and standing damaged.

Some time later, and just as he thought he was getting control of his liquor situation, he went on a roaring bender.

The doctor proved to be able and exceedingly anxious to adopt any workable method of handling the situation.