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Alcoholics Anonymous
(Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
(12 & 12)
paths
pathway
patience
PATIENT
occurs
16 times
(
Definition
from Merriam-Webster Online)
patiently
patients
pattern
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1.
... patient.
BB p.105,
To Wives
We have
prayed
, we have
begged
, we have been
patient
.
2.
... patient.
BB p.118,
To Wives
Be
patient
.
3.
... patient and
would-be manager.
12&12 p.161,
Tradition Seven
We had been
presented
with a
hospital
, and almost
immediately
the
donor
's
son
became
its
principal
patient
and would-be
manager
.
4.
... patient during
treatment.
BB p.144,
To Employers
We
suggest
you
draw
the book to the
attention
of the
doctor
who is to
attend
your
patient
during
treatment
.
5.
... patient, generous;
even modest and self-sacrificing.
BB p.61,
How It Works
He may be
kind
,
considerate
,
patient
,
generous
; even
modest
and
self
-
sacrificing
.
6.
... patient had
made his own diagnosis, and ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
The
patient
had made his
own
diagnosis
, and
deciding
his
situation
hopeless
, had
hidden
in a
deserted
barn
determined
to
die
.
7.
... patient improvement.
12&12 p.65,
Step Six
A few of them may be, but with most of them we shall have to be
content
with
patient
improvement
.
8.
... patient's inner
resistance so that which is ...
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
I now
conceive
the
psychiatrist
's
job
to be the
task
of
breaking
down the
patient
's
inner
resistance
so that which is
inside
him will
flower
, as under the
activity
of the
A.A.
program
."
9.
... patient is
able, while acutely depressed, realization ...
BB p.144,
To Employers
If the book is
read
the
moment
the
patient
is able, while
acutely
depressed
,
realization
of his
condition
may
come
to him.
10.
... patient, realizing
they are dealing with a ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
They should be
patient
,
realizing
they are
dealing
with a
sick
person
.
11.
... patient striving
may be necessary.
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
When the
distortion
has been
great
, however, a
long
period
of
patient
striving
may be
necessary
.
12.
... patient the
truth about his condition, whatever ...
BB p.144,
To Employers
We
hope
the
doctor
will tell the
patient
the
truth
about his
condition
, whatever that
happens
to be.
13.
... patient there.
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
Six
years
ago one of our
number
was a
patient
there.
14.
... patient to
accept any sort of treatment ...
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
Dr
.
Harry
M.
Tiebout
,
psychiatrist
: "As a
psychiatrist
, I have
thought
a
great
deal
about the
relationship
of my
specialty
to
A.A.
and I have
come
to the
conclusion
that our
particular
function
can very often
lie
in
preparing
the way for the
patient
to
accept
any
sort
of
treatment
or
outside
help
.
15.
... patient waiting,
but it will be worth ...
BB p.112,
To Wives
This may take
patient
waiting
, but it will be
worth
it.
16.
... patient who,
though he had been a ...
BB xxv(xxiii),
The Doctor's Opinion
In
late
1934
I
attended
a
patient
who, though he had been a
competent
businessman
of
good
earning
capacity
, was an
alcoholic
of a
type
I had
come
to
regard
as
hopeless
.
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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