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To employers

On March 27, 2011 By

Here is a direct link to the chapter “”To employers” from The Big Book of AA.

For a better understanding of your alcoholic employee, PLEASE read this text:

Chapter 10: “To employers”

If you find this chapter helpful, do not hesitate to read the rest of the book.

“Today I own [...]

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“It is not to be expected that an alcoholic employee will receive a disproportionate amount of time and attention. He should not be made a favorite. The right kind of man, the kind who recovers, will not want this sort of thing. He will not impose. Far from it. He will work like the devil [...]

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It boils down to this.

On April 27, 2010 By

“It boils down to this: No man should be fired just because he is an alcoholic. If he wants to stop, he should be afforded a real chance. If he cannot or does not want to stop, he should be discharged. The exceptions are few.”

Reprinted from The Big Book, Page 148, with permission of [...]

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Disregard your own drinking.

On April 27, 2010 By

“If you desire to help it might be well to disregard your own drinking, or lack of it. Wheter you are a hard drinker, a moderate drinker or a teetotaler, you may have some pretty strong opinions, perhaps prejudices. Those who drink moderately may be more annoyed with an alcoholic than a total abstainer would [...]

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