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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
BODY occurs
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1.
... body.
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
Doubtless you are
curious to
discover how
and why, in the
face of
expert opinion to the
contrary, we have
recovered from a
hopeless condition of
mind and
body.
2.
... body.
BB p.23,
There Is A Solution
Therefore, the
main problem
of the
alcoholic centers in his
mind, rather
than in his
body.
3.
... body.
BB p.131,
The Family Afterward
Though the
family has no
religious connections, they may
wish
to make
contact with or take
membership in a
religious body.
4.
... body.
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
5.
... body and
mind which accompany it.
BB p.92,
Working With Others
Talk about the
conditions of
body and
mind which
accompany it.
6.
... body are
marvelous mechanisms, for mine endured ...
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
7.
... body badly
burned by alcohol does not ...
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
8.
... body can
fail its purpose for lack ...
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
As the
body can
fail its purpose for
lack of
nourishment, so
can the
soul.
9.
... body of
an alcoholic and warps his ...
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
The
man in the
bed was told of
the
acute poisoning from
which he
suffered, how it
deteriorates the
body of
an
alcoholic and
warps
his
mind.
10.
... body of
the alcoholic is quite as ...
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
In this
statement he
confirms what we who have
suffered alcoholic torture must believe -- that the
body of
the
alcoholic is quite as
abnormal as his
mind.
11.
... body of
the effects of alcohol.
BB p.143,
To Employers
12.
... body politic,
which swell into a loud ...
12&12 p.133,
Tradition Two
Still more
important,
murmurs are
heard in the
body politic, which
swell into a
loud cry: "Do these
oldtimers think they can
run this
group forever?
13.
... body suffers.
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
When we
refuse air,
light, or
food, the
body suffers.
14.
... body that
insured we would ultimately destroy ...
12&12 p.22,
Step One
The
tyrant alcohol wielded a
double-
edged sword over us:
first we were
smitten by an
insane urge that
condemned us to go on
drinking, and then by an
allergy of the
body that
insured we would
ultimately destroy
ourselves in the
process.
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