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


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1.
... Dr. Bob.   BB p.155, A Vision For You (Note)   Go to page 155 in the Big Book
(*) This refers to Bill's first visit with Dr. Bob.


2.
... Dr. Bob's first visit to A.A. Number ...   BB p.156, A Vision For You (Note)   Go to page 156 in the Big Book
(*) This refers to Bill's and Dr. Bob's first visit to A.A. Number Three.


3.
... Dr. Bob's heads the Story Section.   BB p.155, A Vision For You (Note)   Go to page 155 in the Big Book
Bill's story opens the text of this book; Dr. Bob's heads the Story Section.


4.
Dr. Foster Kennedy, neurologist: "This organization of ...   BB p.569(571), Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.   Display entire Appendix III
Dr. Foster Kennedy, neurologist: "This organization of Alcoholics Anonymous calls on two of the greatest reservoirs of power known to man, religion and that instinct for association with one's fellows ... the 'herd instinct.'


5.
Dr. G. Kirby Collier, psychiatrist: "I have ...   BB p.569(571), Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.   Display entire Appendix III
Dr. G. Kirby Collier, psychiatrist: "I have felt that A.A. is a group unto themselves and their best results can be had under their own guidance, as a result of their philosophy.


6.
... Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick remarked:   BB p.572(574), Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.   Display entire Appendix V
Speaking at a dinner given by John D. Rockefeller Jr. to introduce Alcoholics Anonymous to some of his friends, Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick remarked:


7.
Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, the noted clergyman, ...   BB xvii, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, the noted clergyman, reviewed it with approval.


8.
Dr. Harry M. Tiebout, psychiatrist: "As a ...   BB p.569(571), Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.   Display entire Appendix III
Dr. Harry M. Tiebout, psychiatrist: "As a psychiatrist, I have thought a great deal about the relationship of my specialty to A.A. and I have come to the conclusion that our particular function can very often lie in preparing the way for the patient to accept any sort of treatment or outside help.


9.
... Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.   BB p.21, There Is A Solution   Go to page 21 in the Big Book
He is a real Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.


10.
Dr. John F. Stouffer, Chief Psychiatrist, Philadelphia ...   BB p.570(572), Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.   Display entire Appendix III
Dr. John F. Stouffer, Chief Psychiatrist, Philadelphia General Hospital, citing his experience with A.A., said: "The alcoholics we get here at Philadelphia General are mostly those who cannot afford private treatment, and A.A. is by far the greatest thing we have been able to offer them.


11.
... Dr. Jung) who prescribed for him.   BB p.26, There Is A Solution   Go to page 26 in the Big Book
Then he had gone to Europe, placing himself in the care of a celebrated physician (the psychiatrist, Dr. Jung) who prescribed for him.


12.
... Dr. Silkworth's description of alcoholism and its ...   BB xvi, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
But when the broker gave him Dr. Silkworth's description of alcoholism and its hopelessness, the physician began to pursue the spiritual remedy for his malady with a willingness he had never before been able to muster.


13.
... Dr. Silkworth's first endorsement of Alcoholics Anonymous, ...   BB p.569(571), Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.   Display entire Appendix III
Since Dr. Silkworth's first endorsement of Alcoholics Anonymous, medical societies and physicians throughout the world have set their approval upon us.

14.
... Dr. Silkworth if he had a prospect.   12&12 p.151, Tradition Five
"So I hopped the subway to Towns Hospital, where I asked Dr. Silkworth if he had a prospect.


15.
Dr. W. W. Bauer, broadcasting under the ...   BB p.570(572), Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.   Display entire Appendix III
Dr. W. W. Bauer, broadcasting under the auspices of The American Medical Association in 1946, over the NBC network, said, in part: "Alcoholics Anonymous are no crusaders; not a temperance society.


16.
... Dr. William D. Silkworth, a New York ...   BB xvi, Foreword to Second Edition   Display entire Foreword to Second Edition
He had also been greatly helped by the late Dr. William D. Silkworth, a New York specialist in alcoholism who is now accounted no less than a medical saint by A.A. members, and whose story of the early days of our Society appears in the next pages.


17.
... Dr. William D. Silkworth, our Society's great ...   BB xi, Preface   Display entire Preface
The section called "The Doctor's Opinion" has been kept intact, just as it was originally written in 1939 by the late Dr. William D. Silkworth, our Society's great medical benefactor.


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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