BODY in Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous, 12 Steps and 12 Traditions

From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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... body. BB Foreword to First Edition, p.xiii

We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body.

... body. BB There Is A Solution, p.20

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.

... body. BB There Is A Solution, p.23

Therefore, the main problem of the alcoholic centers in his mind, rather than in his body.

... body. BB The Family Afterward, p.131

Though the family has no religious connections, they may wish to make contact with or take membership in a religious body.

... body and mind which accompany it. BB Working With Others, p.92

Talk about the conditions of body and mind which accompany it.

... body are marvelous mechanisms, for mine endured ... BB Bill's Story, p.6

The mind and body are marvelous mechanisms, for mine endured this agony two more years.

... body badly burned by alcohol does not ... BB The Family Afterward, p.133

Now about health: A body badly burned by alcohol does not often recover overnight nor do twisted thinking and depression vanish in a twinkling.

... body can fail its purpose for lack ... 12&12 Step Eleven, p.97

As the body can fail its purpose for lack of nourishment, so can the soul.

... body of an alcoholic and warps his ... BB A Vision For You, p.157

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.

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... body of the alcoholic is quite as ... BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvi

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.

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... body of the effects of alcohol. BB To Employers, p.143

Whatever the method, its object is to thoroughly clear mind and body of the effects of alcohol.

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... body politic, which swell into a loud ... 12&12 Tradition Two, p.133

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?

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... body suffers. 12&12 Step Eleven, p.97

When we refuse air, light, or food, the body suffers.

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... body that insured we would ultimately destroy ... 12&12 Step One, p.22

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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