From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... physical.
12&12 p.117,
Step Twelve
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 and
mental condition were unusually good.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
3.
... physical and
mental liabilities.
12&12 p.42,
Step Four
When that happens, our great natural assets, the instincts,
have turned into physical
and mental liabilities.
4.
... physical and
mental readjustment to a life ...
BB p.146,
To Employers
Being somewhat weakened, and faced with
physical and mental readjustment to a life
which knows no alcohol, he may overdo.
5.
... physical and
mental symptoms, the deepening pall ...
BB p.106,
To Wives
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.
6.
... physical and
mental torture was so hellish ...
BB p.6,
Bill's Story
Then came the night when the
physical and mental torture was so hellish I feared I would burst through my window, sash and all.
7.
... physical collapse,
brought him to the point ...
BB p.56,
We Agnostics
Post-war disillusionment, ever
more serious alcoholism, impending
mental and physical collapse, brought him to
the point of self-destruction.
8.
... physical condition,
it is better to risk ...
BB p.90,
Working With Others
The family may object to
this, but unless he is in a dangerous physical condition, it is better to
risk it.
9.
... physical condition
that he can think straight ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
Your man will fare better if placed in such physical condition that he can
think straight and no longer craves liquor.
10.
... physical craving
for liquor, and this often ...
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
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.
11.
... physical exercise,
reading inspirational books, going to ...
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
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.
12.
... physical factor
is incomplete.
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
13.
... physical, mental
and spiritual health and self-respect ...
BB p.572(574),
Appendix V, The Religious View on A.A.
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."
14.
... physical, mental,
emotional, or spiritual damage to ...
12&12 p.80,
Step Eight
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.
15.
... physical, moral,
and spiritual bankruptcy.
12&12 p.107,
Step Twelve
Beginning with Step Four, we commenced to search out the things in ourselves which
had brought us to physical,
moral, and spiritual bankruptcy.
16.
... physical or
financial.
BB p.172,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
17.
... physical rehabilitation,
he had a talk with ...
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
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.
18.
... physical rehabilitation
of alcoholics.
BB p.7,
Bill's Story
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.
19.
... physical suffering.
BB p.41,
More About Alcoholism
20.
... physical suffering
which drinking always caused him.
BB p.36,
More About Alcoholism
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.
21.
... physical treatment
is but a small part ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
If your man accepts your offer, it should be pointed
out that physical treatment is but a small part of the picture.
22.
... physical treatment
is desirable, even imperative.
BB p.143,
To Employers
For most alcoholics who are drinking, or who are just getting over a spree, a certain amount of physical treatment is desirable,
even imperative.
23.
... physical treatment
should, of course, be referred ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
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