From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... ago.
BB p.24,
There Is A Solution
We are unable, at certain
times, to bring into our consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the suffering
and humiliation of even
a week or a month ago.
2.
... ago.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
If a mere code of morals or a better philosophy of life were sufficient to overcome
alcoholism, many of us
would have recovered long
ago.
3.
... ago.
BB p.80,
Into Action
4.
... ago.
BB p.119,
To Wives
5.
... ago.
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
6.
... ago, almost
discovered the answer to alcoholism.
12&12 p.178,
Tradition Ten
The Washingtonian Society, a movement among alcoholics which started in Baltimore a century ago, almost discovered the answer to alcoholism.
7.
... ago and
the result was self-evident.
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
8.
... ago at
this writing (1939).
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
9.
... ago, in
1935, one of our number ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
10.
... ago in
a hospital where he had ...
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
We first saw Fred about a year ago in a hospital where he had
gone to recover from a bad case of jitters.
11.
... ago, it
disappeared.
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
12.
... ago one
of our number was a ...
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
13.
... ago one
of the leading contributors to ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
Many years ago one of the leading contributors
to this book came under our care in this hospital and while here he acquired some ideas which he put into practical application
at once.
14.
... ago, or
else given an opportunity to ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
They often jeopardize
their own positions by trying to help serious drinkers who
should have been fired long
ago, or else given an opportunity to
get well.
15.
... ago, that
the action of alcohol on ...
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
We believe, and so suggested a few years ago, that the action of alcohol on these
chronic alcoholics is
a manifestation of an allergy; that the phenomenon of craving is
limited to this class and
never occurs in the average temperate drinker.
16.
... ago this
principle of "no endorsement" was ...
12&12 p.157,
Tradition Six
17.
... ago, trustees
and staff members alike found ...
12&12 p.173,
Tradition Nine
But long ago, trustees and staff members alike found they could do no more than make suggestions, and very mild ones at that.
18.
... ago, when
my head doctor, Silkworth, began ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
Three years ago, when my head doctor, Silkworth, began to tell me of the idea of helping drunks by spirituality,
I thought it was crackpot stuff, but I've changed my mind.
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