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ILLNESS   occurs   16 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... illness.   BB p.30, More About Alcoholism   Go to page 30 in the Big Book
We are convinced to a man that alcoholics of our type are in the grip of a progressive illness.


2.
... illness.   BB p.115, To Wives   Go to page 115 in the Big Book
While you need not discuss your husband at length, you can quietly let your friends know the nature of his illness.


3.
... illness.   BB p.139, To Employers   Go to page 138 in the Big Book
He simply could not believe that his brother-executive suffered from a serious illness.


4.
... illness.   BB p.142, To Employers   Go to page 142 in the Big Book
At this point, it might be well to explain alcoholism, the illness.


5.
... Illness.")   BB p.570(572), Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.   Display entire Appendix III
(This address is now available in pamphlet form at nominal cost through most A.A. groups or from Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, under the title "Three Talks to Medical Societies by Bill W." -- formerly called "Bill on Alcoholism" and earlier "Alcoholism the Illness.")


6.
... illness, a fatal malady.   BB p.92, Working With Others   Go to page 92 in the Big Book
Continue to speak of alcoholism as an illness, a fatal malady.


7.
... illness, for with it there goes annihilation ...   BB p.18, There Is A Solution   Go to page 18 in the Big Book
But not so with the alcoholic illness, for with it there goes annihilation of all the things worth while in life.


8.
... illness -- involves those about us in a ...   BB p.18, There Is A Solution   Go to page 18 in the Big Book
An illness of this sort -- and we have come to believe it an illness -- involves those about us in a way no other human sickness can.


9.
... illness of this sort -- and we have ...   BB p.18, There Is A Solution   Go to page 18 in the Big Book
An illness of this sort -- and we have come to believe it an illness -- involves those about us in a way no other human sickness can.


10.
... illness over which we could not possibly ...   BB p.118, To Wives   Go to page 118 in the Big Book
At such moments we forget that alcoholism is an illness over which we could not possibly have had any power.


11.
... illness, suicide -- these calamities in his immediate ...   BB p.56, We Agnostics   Go to page 56 in the Big Book
Business failure, insanity, fatal illness, suicide -- these calamities in his immediate family embittered and depressed him.

12.
... illness that we have in our sponsors?   12&12 p.112, Step Twelve
Can we have the same kind of confidence and faith in these people who have been infected and sometimes crippled by our own illness that we have in our sponsors?


13.
... illness, the social stigma associated with this ...   BB p.571(573), Appendix IV, The Lasker Award   Display entire Appendix IV
"The American Public Health Association presents a Lasker Group Award for 1951 to Alcoholics Anonymous in recognition of its unique and highly successful approach to that age-old public health and social problem, alcoholism ... In emphasizing alcoholism as an illness, the social stigma associated with this condition is being blotted out ... Historians may one day recognize Alcoholics Anonymous to have been a great venture in social pioneering which forged a new instrument for social action; a new therapy based on the kinship of common suffering; one having a vast potential for the myriad other ills of mankind."


14.
... illness, we might have behaved differently.   BB p.107, To Wives   Go to page 107 in the Big Book
Had we fully understood the nature of the alcoholic illness, we might have behaved differently.


15.
... illness which only a spiritual experience will ...   BB p.44, We Agnostics   Go to page 44 in the Big Book
If that be the case, you may be suffering from an illness which only a spiritual experience will conquer.

16.
... illness with little complaint, and often in ...   12&12 p.114, Step Twelve
We have seen A.A.'s suffer lingering and fatal illness with little complaint, and often in good cheer.


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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