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... ago.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.24
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
We Agnostics, pp.44-45
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
Into Action, p.80
4.
... ago.
BB
To Wives, p.119
5.
... ago.
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.178
6.
... ago, almost
discovered the answer to alcoholism.
12&12
Tradition Ten, p.178
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
Bill's Story, p.9
8.
... ago at
this writing (1939).
BB
A Vision For You, p.163
9.
... ago, in
1935, one of our number ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.153
10.
... ago in
a hospital where he had ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.39
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
We Agnostics, p.56
12.
... ago one
of our number was a ...
BB
A Vision For You, p.162
13.
... ago one
of the leading contributors to ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvii
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
To Employers, p.147
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
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxviii
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
Tradition Six, p.157
17.
... ago, trustees
and staff members alike found ...
12&12
Tradition Nine, p.173
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
Tradition Two, p.136
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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