From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... 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
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
4.
... ill.
BB p.108,
To Wives
5.
... ill."
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
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 at
ease most of the time, ...
BB p.178,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
I was self conscious and
ill at ease most of the time, my health was at the breaking point, and I was thoroughly miserable.
8.
... ill, bodily
and mentally.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
Best of all, I met a kind doctor who explained that though certainly selfish and foolish, I had been seriously ill, bodily and mentally.
9.
... ill, can
he be forgiven for what ...
BB p.140,
To Employers
10.
... ill, children
distracted, bills in arrears and ...
BB p.155,
A Vision For You
It was the usual situation: home in jeopardy, wife ill, children distracted, bills in arrears and standing damaged.
11.
... 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.
12.
... ill, does
he want to get well?
BB p.142,
To Employers
Say that you believe he is a
gravely ill person, with this qualification -- being
perhaps fatally ill, does he want to get well?
13.
... ill feeling
and expressing our regret.
BB p.77,
Into Action
We go to him in a helpful and
forgiving spirit, confessing our former
ill feeling and expressing our regret.
14.
... ill from
drinking.
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
15.
... ill health,
falling in love, change of ...
BB p.21,
There Is A Solution
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.
16.
... ill of
ourselves.
12&12 p.105,
Step Eleven
17.
... ill person,
with this qualification -- being perhaps ...
BB p.142,
To Employers
Say that you believe he is a
gravely ill person, with this qualification -- being
perhaps fatally ill, does he want to get well?
18.
... ill, we
have been spiritually sick.
BB p.64,
How It Works
From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we
have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have
been spiritually sick.
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