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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... doctor.
12&12 p.61,
Step Five
This
individual may be
entirely outside of
A.A. -- for
example, your
clergyman or your
doctor.
2.
... doctor.
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
3.
... doctor.
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
Let us tell you the
rest of the
conversation our
friend
had with his
doctor.
4.
... doctor.
BB p.143,
To Employers
The
matter of
physical
treatment should, of
course, be
referred to your
own doctor.
5.
... doctor's advice.
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
One of the many
doctors who had the
opportunity of
reading
this book in
manuscript form told us that the use of
sweets was often
helpful, of
course depending upon a
doctor's
advice.
6.
... doctor agreed
to a test among his ...
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
And with such
good effect
that the
doctor agreed to a
test among his
patients
and
certain other
alcoholics from a
clinic
which he
attends.
7.
... doctor and
administer sedatives under his direction.
BB p.97,
Working With Others
Sometimes you will have to call a
doctor and
administer sedatives
under his
direction.
8.
... doctor --
becomes operative, this man can also ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
9.
... "Doctor Bob's
Nightmare," and one other personal ...
BB xi,
Preface
"
Bill's
Story," "
Doctor Bob's
Nightmare," and one other
personal history from the
first edition were
retained intact;
three were
edited and one of
these was
retitled; new
versions of
two stories were
written, with
new
titles;
thirty completely new
stories
were
added; and the
story section was
divided into
three parts, under the same
headings that are used now.
10.
... doctor came
with a heavy sedative.
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
A
doctor came with a
heavy sedative.
11.
... doctor, chief
physician at a nationally prominent ...
BB xxv(xxiii),
The Doctor's Opinion
12.
... doctor concerned
would at times wish he ...
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
Every
doctor concerned
would at
times wish he could
devote himself to his
chosen field rather than
work only with the
group.
13.
... doctor has
been called in, and the ...
BB p.110,
To Wives
Maybe the
doctor has been called in, and the
weary round of
sanitariums and
hospitals has
begun.
14.
... doctor --
he certainly didn't look good.
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
I had to
agree with the
doctor -- he
certainly didn't
look good.
15.
... doctor, his
minister, and close friends.
12&12 p.186,
Tradition Twelve
He also
wanted to tell others who had
tried to
help him -- his
doctor, his
minister, and
close friends.
16.
... "Doctor, I
cannot go on like this!
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
Men have
cried out to me in
sincere and
despairing
appeal: "
Doctor, I cannot go
on like this!
17.
... doctor, if
he will, tell him he ...
BB p.91,
Working With Others
Let the
doctor, if he will, tell him he has something
in the way of a
solution.
18.
... doctor in
attendance there, for he, although ...
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
We are
greatly indebted
to the
doctor in
attendance there, for he, although it might
prejudice his
own work, has told us of his
belief
in ours.
19.
... doctor in
Chicago told me of cases ...
BB p.140,
To Employers
20.
... doctor intimated
strongly that he might be ...
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
The
doctor intimated strongly that he might be
worse than he
realized.
21.
... doctor is
honest with himself, he must ...
BB xxix(xxvii),
The Doctor's Opinion
Faced with this
problem,
if a
doctor is
honest with
himself, he
must sometimes
feel his
own inadequacy.
22.
... doctor, "Is
there no exception?"
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
He said to the
doctor, "Is there no
exception?"
23.
... doctor is
willing to tell him that ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
If his
own doctor is
willing to tell him that he is
alcoholic, so much the
better.
24.
... doctor's judgment
he was utterly hopeless; he ...
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
In the
doctor's
judgment
he was
utterly hopeless; he could
never regain his
position in
society and he would have to place himself under
lock and
key or
hire a
bodyguard if he
expected to
live long.
25.
... doctor might
suggest a visit from you.
BB p.91,
Working With Others
When your
man is
better, the
doctor might
suggest a
visit from you.
26.
... doctor now
sees many men who have ...
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
The
good doctor now sees many
men who have such
experiences.
27.
... Doctor's Opinion"
has been kept intact, just ...
BB xi,
Preface
28.
... doctor or
an institution is a better ...
BB p.91,
Working With Others
Approach through a
doctor
or an
institution is a
better bet.
29.
... doctor or
psychiatrist.
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
Try to
remember that though
God has
wrought miracles among us, we should
never belittle a
good doctor or
psychiatrist.
30.
... doctor or
psychiatrist can tell you whether ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
A
good doctor or
psychiatrist can tell you whether these
complications are
serious.
31.
... doctor or
psychologist if the condition persists.
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
32.
... doctor or
psychologist will be the person.
BB p.74,
Into Action
Perhaps our
doctor or
psychologist will be the
person.
33.
... doctor proved
to be able and exceedingly ...
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
34.
... doctor said
to us, "Years of living ...
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
A
doctor said to us, "
Years
of
living with an
alcoholic is almost
sure to
make any
wife or
child neurotic.
35.
... doctor said:
"You have the mind of ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
The
doctor said: "You have the
mind of a
chronic alcoholic.
36.
... doctor should
always be consulted.
BB p.114,
To Wives
When they
become too
dangerous, we
think the
kind thing is to
lock them up,
but of
course a
good doctor should always be
consulted.
37.
... doctor, Silkworth,
began to tell me of ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
38.
... doctor suggests
our approach to one of ...
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
Every few
days this
doctor suggests our
approach to
one of his
patients.
39.
... doctor's telling
him that while his religious ...
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
This
hope, however, was
destroyed by the
doctor's
telling him that while his
religious convictions
were very
good, in his
case
they did not
spell the
necessary vital spiritual experience.
40.
... doctor that
he means business, give him ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
If he is already
committed to an
institution, but can
convince you and your
doctor
that he
means business,
give him a
chance to
try our
method,
unless the
doctor thinks his
mental condition too
abnormal
or
dangerous.
41.
... doctor, the
broker had learned the grave ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
From this
doctor, the
broker
had
learned the
grave nature of
alcoholism.
42.
... doctor's theory
that we have an allergy ...
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
The
doctor's
theory that we
have an
allergy to
alcohol interests us.
43.
... doctor, "there
is.
BB p.27,
There Is A Solution
"Yes,"
replied the
doctor,
"there is.
44.
... doctor thinks
his mental condition too abnormal ...
BB p.114,
To Wives
If he is already
committed to an
institution, but can
convince you and your
doctor
that he
means business,
give him a
chance to
try our
method,
unless the
doctor thinks his
mental condition too
abnormal
or
dangerous.
45.
... doctor, to
ask if I were still ...
BB p.14,
Bill's Story
For a
moment I was
alarmed, and called my
friend, the
doctor, to
ask if I were still
sane.
46.
... doctor to
tell him the whole truth, ...
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
He
begged the
doctor to tell
him the
whole truth, and he
got it.
47.
... doctor told
him that if he ever ...
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
"The
doctor told him that if he ever
drank again it would
kill him,
but there he is all
lit up again."
48.
... doctor who
explained that though certainly selfish ...
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
49.
... doctor who
gives him morphine or some ...
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
Perhaps he
goes to a
doctor
who
gives him
morphine or
some
sedative with which to
taper off.
50.
... doctor who
is to attend your patient ...
BB p.144,
To Employers
We
suggest you
draw the
book to the
attention of the
doctor who is to
attend your
patient during
treatment.
51.
... doctor, whom
he admired, and asked him ...
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
So he
returned to this
doctor, whom he
admired, and
asked him
point-
blank why he could not
recover.
52.
... doctor will
tell the patient the truth ...
BB p.144,
To Employers
We
hope the
doctor will tell
the
patient the
truth
about his
condition, whatever that
happens to be.
53.
... doctor would
set his other ambitions aside, ...
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
In the
radiance of such a
miraculous discovery,
any
doctor would
set his other
ambitions aside, at
whatever
personal cost.
54.
... doctor writes:
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
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