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ASYLUMS   occurs   5 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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... asylums.   BB p.97, Working With Others   Go to page 97 in the Big Book
It may mean sharing your money and your home, counseling frantic wives and relatives, innumerable trips to police courts, sanitariums, hospitals, jails and asylums.


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... asylums and hospitals of every kind.   BB p.114, To Wives   Go to page 114 in the Big Book
Since this book was first published, A.A. has released thousands of alcoholics from asylums and hospitals of every kind.


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... asylums and resume a vital place in ...   BB p.15, Bill's Story   Go to page 15 in the Big Book
I have seen men come out of asylums and resume a vital place in the lives of their families and communities.

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... asylums, we began to cry, "There oughtta ...   12&12 p.157, Tradition Six
Watching alcoholics committed willy-nilly to prisons or asylums, we began to cry, "There oughtta be a law!"


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... asylums -- we could increase the list ad ...   BB p.31, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 31 in the Big Book
Here are some of the methods we have tried: Drinking beer only, limiting the number of drinks, never drinking alone, never drinking in the morning, drinking only at home, never having it in the house, never drinking during business hours, drinking only at parties, switching from scotch to brandy, drinking only natural wines, agreeing to resign if ever drunk on the job, taking a trip, not taking a trip, swearing off forever (with and without a solemn oath), taking more physical exercise, reading inspirational books, going to health farms and sanitariums, accepting voluntary commitment to asylums -- we could increase the list ad infinitum.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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