From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... hospitals.
BB p.89,
Working With Others
2.
... hospitals.
BB p.161,
A Vision For You
3.
... hospitals, and
jails.
BB p.107,
To Wives
Most of us have entered the final stage with its commitment to health resorts, sanitariums, hospitals,
and jails.
4.
... hospitals, and
rehabilitation?
12&12 p.153,
Tradition Five
Suppose my answer had to
be that A.A. needed a lot of money; that A.A. went in for education, hospitals, and rehabilitation?
5.
... hospitals and
sanitariums.
BB p.22,
There Is A Solution
6.
... hospitals, as
well as other places of ...
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Six (Long)
But hospitals, as well as other places of recuperation, ought to
be well outside A.A. -- and medically supervised.
7.
... hospitals, as
well as other places of ...
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
But hospitals, as well as other places of recuperation, ought to
be well outside A.A. -- and medically supervised.
8.
Hospitals didn't
like alcoholics, so we thought ...
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
9.
... hospitals has
begun.
BB p.110,
To Wives
10.
... hospitals in
the country treating alcoholic and ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
I say this after many years' experience as Medical Director of one of the oldest hospitals in the country treating alcoholic and drug addiction.
11.
... hospitals, jails
and asylums.
BB p.97,
Working With Others
It may mean sharing your money and your home, counseling frantic wives and relatives, innumerable trips to police courts, sanitariums, hospitals, jails and asylums.
12.
... hospitals of
every kind.
BB p.114,
To Wives
Since this book was first published, A.A. has released thousands of alcoholics from asylums
and hospitals of every kind.
13.
... hospitals, or
other outside agencies; that acceptance ...
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Seven (Long)
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous
is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is
unwise.
14.
... hospitals, or
other outside agencies; that acceptance ...
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous
is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is
unwise.
15.
... hospitals --
they all bogged down because you ...
12&12 p.156,
Tradition Six
Whereupon we tried A.A. hospitals -- they all bogged down because you cannot put an A.A. group into business; too many busybody cooks spoil the broth.
16.
... hospitals which
require much property or administration, ...
12&12 p.190,
Tradition Six (Long)
Secondary aids to A.A., such as clubs or hospitals which require much property or administration, ought
to be incorporated and so set apart that, if necessary, they can be freely discarded by the groups.
17.
... hospitals which
require much property or administration, ...
BB p.564(566),
Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition
Secondary aids to A.A., such as clubs or hospitals which require much property or administration, ought
to be incorporated and so set apart that, if necessary, they can be freely discarded by the groups.
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