From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... addiction.
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
2.
... addiction.
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
The subject presented
in this book seems to me to
be of paramount importance to those afflicted with alcoholic addiction.
3.
... addiction.
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
I say this after many years' experience as Medical Director of one of the oldest hospitals in the country treating alcoholic and drug addiction.
4.
... addiction and
criminality.
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
5.
... addiction even
worse stigmatized than alcoholism, you ...
12&12 p.142,
Tradition Three
Since I am the victim of another addiction even worse stigmatized than alcoholism, you may not want me among you.
6.
... addiction, gave
Alcoholics Anonymous this letter:
BB xxv(xxiii),
The Doctor's Opinion
A well-known doctor, chief physician at a nationally prominent
hospital specializing in alcoholic and drug addiction, gave Alcoholics Anonymous
this letter:
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