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

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... doctors.   12&12 p.123, Step Twelve
In the years since, however, most of us have come to agree with those doctors.


2.
... doctors a fair break.   BB p.73, Into Action   Go to page 73 in the Big Book
We know but few instances where we have given these doctors a fair break.

3.
... doctors alike rallied to the new movement, ...   12&12 p.17, Foreword
Clergymen and doctors alike rallied to the new movement, giving it unstinted support and endorsement.

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... doctors, and clergymen got no place with ...   12&12 p.63, Step Six
Change of scene, the best efforts of family, friends, doctors, and clergymen got no place with my alcoholism.


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... doctors and psychiatrists agree with our conclusions.   BB p.43, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 43 in the Big Book
Many doctors and psychiatrists agree with our conclusions.


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... doctors are competent and you can learn ...   BB p.89, Working With Others   Go to page 89 in the Big Book
Ministers and doctors are competent and you can learn much from them if you wish, but it happens that because of your own drinking experience you can be uniquely useful to other alcoholics.


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Doctors are rightly loath to tell alcoholic ...   BB p.92, Working With Others   Go to page 92 in the Big Book
Doctors are rightly loath to tell alcoholic patients the whole story unless it will serve some good purpose.

8.
... doctors, editors, policemen, and bartenders ... with the ...   12&12 p.133, Tradition Two
He visits preachers, doctors, editors, policemen, and bartenders ... with the result that Middletown now has a group, and he is the founder.

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... doctors, friends, and families, the alcoholic who ...   12&12 p.32, Step Two
To clergymen, doctors, friends, and families, the alcoholic who means well and tries hard is a heartbreaking riddle.


10.
Doctors had pronounced him incurable.   BB p.11, Bill's Story   Go to page 11 in the Big Book
Doctors had pronounced him incurable.


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... doctors have realized for a long time ...   BB xxvii(xxv), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
We doctors have realized for a long time that some form of moral psychology was of urgent importance to alcoholics, but its application presented difficulties beyond our conception.

12.
... doctors made an exhaustive study of a ...   12&12 p.122, Step Twelve
When A.A. was quite young, a number of eminent psychologists and doctors made an exhaustive study of a good-sized group of so-called problem drinkers.


13.
Doctors may shake their heads and advise ...   BB p.110, To Wives   Go to page 110 in the Big Book
Doctors may shake their heads and advise you to have him committed.


14.
... doctors, ministers, priests or hospitals.   BB p.89, Working With Others   Go to page 89 in the Big Book
You can easily find some by asking a few doctors, ministers, priests or hospitals.

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... doctors possessed a cancer cure, they might ...   12&12 p.151, Tradition Five
If a group of doctors possessed a cancer cure, they might be conscience-stricken if they failed their mission through self-seeking.


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... doctors present at the annual meeting (1944) ...   BB p.569(571), Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.   Display entire Appendix III
Following are excerpts from the comments of doctors present at the annual meeting (1944) of the Medical Society of the State of New York where a paper on A.A. was read:


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... doctors, psychologists, and practitioners of various kinds.   BB p.133, The Family Afterward   Go to page 133 in the Big Book
God has abundantly supplied this world with fine doctors, psychologists, and practitioners of various kinds.

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Doctors read medical papers about Alcoholics Anonymous ...   12&12 p.180, Tradition Eleven
Doctors read medical papers about Alcoholics Anonymous and call for more information.

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... doctors weren't trying to find how different ...   12&12 p.123, Step Twelve
The doctors weren't trying to find how different we were from one another; they sought to find whatever personality traits, if any, this group of alcoholics had in common.


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... doctors who had the opportunity of reading ...   BB p.133, The Family Afterward   Go to page 133 in the Big Book
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.


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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