From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
HEALTH occurs
21 times
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1.
... health.
12&12 p.66,
Step Six
2.
... health.
BB p.112,
To Wives
Say you do not
want to be a
wet
blanket; that you only
want
him to take
care of his
health.
3.
... health.
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
We, who have
recovered from
serious drinking, are
miracles of
mental health.
4.
... health.
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
In the
chapter "
Working
With Others" you
gathered an
idea of how we
approach and
aid others to
health.
5.
... health.
BB xxv(xxiii),
The Doctor's Opinion
6.
... health: A
body badly burned by alcohol ...
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
7.
... health and
self-respect to hundreds of men ...
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
8.
... health and
social problem, alcoholism ... In emphasizing ...
BB p.571(573),
Appendix IV, The Lasker Award
9.
... health, and
those who seldom play, do ...
BB p.132,
The Family Afterward
Everybody knows that
those in
bad health, and those
who
seldom play, do not
laugh much.
10.
... health as
readily as men if they ...
BB p.104,
To Wives
There is every
evidence that
women regain their
health as
readily as
men if they
try our
suggestions.
11.
... Health Association
presents a Lasker Group Award ...
BB p.571(573),
Appendix IV, The Lasker Award
12.
... health, falling
in love, change of environment, ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
13.
... health farms
and sanitariums, accepting voluntary commitment ...
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
Here are some of the
methods we have
tried:
Drinking beer only,
limiting the
number of
drinks,
never drinking alone,
never drinking in the
morning,
drinking only at
home,
never having it in the
house,
never drinking during
business
hours,
drinking only at
parties,
switching
from
scotch to
brandy,
drinking only
natural wines,
agreeing to
resign if ever
drunk on the
job,
taking a
trip, not
taking a
trip,
swearing off
forever (with and without a
solemn oath),
taking more
physical exercise,
reading inspirational books,
going to
health farms and
sanitariums,
accepting voluntary commitment to
asylums --
we could
increase the
list
ad infinitum.
14.
... health fell
off like a ski-jump.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
The
curve of my
declining moral and
bodily health fell off like a
ski-
jump.
15.
... health measures.
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
But this does not
mean that we
disregard human health measures.
16.
... health of
the community.
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
17.
... health problems
to such persons.
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
Do not
hesitate to take your
health problems to such
persons.
18.
... health resorts,
sanitariums, hospitals, and jails.
BB p.107,
To Wives
19.
... health restorative.
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
20.
... health, their
families, their jobs, and even ...
12&12 p.23,
Step One
Alcoholics who still had their
health, their
families, their
jobs, and even
two cars in the
garage,
began to
recognize their
alcoholism.
21.
... health --
these things are now ruined or ...
BB p.123,
The Family Afterward
But the
head of the
house has
spent years in
pulling down the
structures of
business,
romance,
friendship,
health -- these things are now
ruined or
damaged.
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