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... physical.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.117
Nearly every sound human being experiences, at some
time in life, a compelling desire to find a mate of the opposite sex with whom the fullest possible union can be made -- spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical.
2.
... physical allergy.
12&12
Contents (Step One), p.5
3.
... physical and
mental condition were unusually good.
BB
There Is A Solution, p.26
4.
... physical and
mental liabilities.
12&12
Step Four, p.42
When that happens, our great
natural assets, the instincts, have turned into
physical and mental liabilities.
5.
... physical and
mental readjustment to a life ...
BB
To Employers, p.146
Being somewhat weakened, and faced with physical and mental readjustment to a life
which knows no alcohol, he may overdo.
6.
... physical and
mental symptoms, the deepening pall ...
BB
To Wives, p.106
The alarming physical and mental symptoms, the deepening pall of remorse, depression and inferiority that settled
down on our loved ones -- these things terrified and distracted
us.
7.
... physical and
mental torture was so hellish ...
BB
Bill's Story, p.6
Then came the night when the
physical and mental torture was so hellish I feared I would burst through my window, sash and all.
8.
... physical collapse,
brought him to the point ...
BB
We Agnostics, p.56
Post-war disillusionment, ever more serious alcoholism, impending mental and physical collapse, brought him to the
point of self-destruction.
9.
... physical condition,
it is better to risk ...
BB
Working With Others, p.90
The family may object to
this, but unless he is in a dangerous physical condition, it is better to
risk it.
10.
... physical condition
that he can think straight ...
BB
To Employers, p.143
Your man will fare better if placed in such physical condition that he can think straight and no longer craves liquor.
11.
... physical craving
for liquor, and this often ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvii
Of course an alcoholic ought to be freed from his physical craving for liquor, and this often requires a definite hospital procedure, before psychological measures can be of maximum
benefit.
12.
... physical exercise,
reading inspirational books, going to ...
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.31
Here are some of the methods
we have tried: Drinking beer only, limiting the number of drinks, never drinking alone, never drinking in the morning, drinking only at home, never having it in the house, never drinking during business hours, drinking only at parties, switching from scotch to brandy, drinking only natural wines, agreeing to resign if ever drunk on the job, taking a trip, not taking a trip, swearing off forever (with
and without a solemn oath), taking more physical exercise, reading inspirational books, going to health farms and sanitariums, accepting voluntary commitment to asylums --
we could increase the list
ad infinitum.
13.
... physical factor
is incomplete.
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxvi
14.
... physical, mental
and spiritual health and self-respect ...
BB
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A., p.572
This self-insurance has resulted in the restoration of physical, mental and spiritual health and self-respect to hundreds of men and women who would be hopelessly down and out without its unique but effective therapy."
15.
... physical, mental,
emotional, or spiritual damage to ...
12&12
Step Eight, p.80
To define the word "harm" in a practical way, we might call it the result of instincts in collision, which cause physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual
damage to people.
16.
... physical, moral,
and spiritual bankruptcy.
12&12
Step Twelve, p.107
Beginning with Step Four, we commenced to search out the things in ourselves which
had brought us to physical,
moral, and spiritual bankruptcy.
17.
... physical or
financial.
BB
Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.172
18.
... physical rehabilitation,
he had a talk with ...
BB
The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxi
Following his physical rehabilitation, he had a talk with me in which he frankly
stated he thought the treatment a waste of effort, unless I could assure him, which no one ever had, that in the future he would have the "will power" to resist the impulse to drink.
19.
... physical rehabilitation
of alcoholics.
BB
Bill's Story, p.7
My brother-in-law is a physician, and through his
kindness and that of my mother I was placed in a nationally-known hospital for the mental and
physical rehabilitation of alcoholics.
20.
... physical suffering.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.41
21.
... physical suffering
which drinking always caused him.
BB
More About Alcoholism, p.36
Here was the threat of commitment, the loss of family and position, to say nothing of that intense mental and physical suffering which drinking always caused him.
22.
... physical treatment
is but a small part ...
BB
To Employers, p.143
If your man accepts your offer, it should be pointed out that physical treatment is but a small part of the picture.
23.
... physical treatment
is desirable, even imperative.
BB
To Employers, pp.142-143
For most alcoholics who are drinking, or who are just getting over a spree, a certain amount of physical treatment is desirable,
even imperative.
24.
... physical treatment
should, of course, be referred ...
BB
To Employers, p.143
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