From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... patients.
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
2.
... patients.
BB p.176,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
During the subsequent
fifteen years I had sense enough never to go to the hospital if I had been drinking, and very seldom did I receive patients.
3.
... patients and
certain other alcoholics from a ...
BB p.163,
A Vision For You
And with such good effect that the doctor agreed to a test among his patients and certain other alcoholics from a clinic
which he attends.
4.
... patients at
this hospital, I would not ...
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
Had you offered yourselves as patients at
this hospital, I would not have taken you, if I had been able to
avoid it.
5.
... patients, go
there to help.
BB p.162,
A Vision For You
6.
... patients here
and with some misgiving, we ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
Later, he requested the
privilege of being allowed to tell his story to other patients here and with some misgiving, we consented.
7.
... patients the
whole story unless it will ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
Doctors are rightly loath to tell alcoholic patients the whole story unless it will serve some good purpose.
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