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

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ILL   occurs   17 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
illness
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1.
... ill.   12&12 p.33, Step Two
Some will be willing to term themselves "problem drinkers," but cannot endure the suggestion that they are in fact mentally ill.


2.
... ill.   BB p.5, Bill's Story   Go to page 5 in the Big Book
The house was taken over by the mortgage holder, my mother-in-law died, my wife and father-in-law became ill.


3.
... ill.   BB p.89, Working With Others   Go to page 89 in the Big Book
Remember they are very ill.


4.
... ill.   BB p.108, To Wives   Go to page 108 in the Big Book
When he angers you, remember that he is very ill.


5.
... ill."   BB p.122, The Family Afterward   Go to page 122 in the Big Book
The entire family is, to some extent, ill."

6.
... ill as well as frequently wrong, and ...   12&12 p.92, Step Ten
Finally, we begin to see that all people, including ourselves, are to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach true tolerance and see what real love for our fellows actually means.


7.
... ill, bodily and mentally.   BB p.7, Bill's Story   Go to page 7 in the Big Book
Best of all, I met a kind doctor who explained that though certainly selfish and foolish, I had been seriously ill, bodily and mentally.


8.
... ill, can he be forgiven for what ...   BB p.140, To Employers   Go to page 140 in the Big Book
If you concede that your employee is ill, can he be forgiven for what he has done in the past?


9.
... ill, children distracted, bills in arrears and ...   BB p.155, A Vision For You   Go to page 155 in the Big Book
It was the usual situation: home in jeopardy, wife ill, children distracted, bills in arrears and standing damaged.

10.
... ill-conceived, but that makes not the slightest ...   12&12 p.171, Tradition Eight
True, some of the projects to which A.A.'s have attached themselves have been ill-conceived, but that makes not the slightest difference with the principle involved.


11.
... ill, does he want to get well?   BB p.142, To Employers   Go to page 142 in the Big Book
Say that you believe he is a gravely ill person, with this qualification -- being perhaps fatally ill, does he want to get well?


12.
... ill feeling and expressing our regret.   BB p.77, Into Action   Go to page 77 in the Big Book
We go to him in a helpful and forgiving spirit, confessing our former ill feeling and expressing our regret.


13.
... ill from drinking.   BB p.20, There Is A Solution   Go to page 20 in the Big Book
You may already have asked yourself why it is that all of us became so very ill from drinking.


14.
... ill health, falling in love, change of ...   BB p.21, There Is A Solution   Go to page 21 in the Big Book
If a sufficiently strong reason -- ill health, falling in love, change of environment, or the warning of a doctor -- becomes operative, this man can also stop or moderate, although he may find it difficult and troublesome and may even need medical attention.

15.
... ill of ourselves.   12&12 p.105, Step Eleven
When these things happen we should not think too ill of ourselves.


16.
... ill person, with this qualification -- being perhaps ...   BB p.142, To Employers   Go to page 142 in the Big Book
Say that you believe he is a gravely ill person, with this qualification -- being perhaps fatally ill, does he want to get well?


17.
... ill, we have been spiritually sick.   BB p.64, How It Works   Go to page 64 in the Big Book
From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick.


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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