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... physician.
BB xv,
Foreword to Second Edition
The spark that was to flare
into the first A.A. group was struck at Akron, Ohio, in June 1935, during a talk between a New York stockbroker and an Akron physician.
2.
... physician.
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
3.
... physician, and
through his kindness and that ...
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.
4.
... physician at
a nationally prominent hospital specializing ...
BB xxv(xxiii),
The Doctor's Opinion
A well-known doctor, chief physician at a nationally prominent hospital specializing in alcoholic and drug addiction, gave Alcoholics Anonymous
this letter:
5.
... physician began
to pursue the spiritual remedy ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
But when the broker gave him
Dr. Silkworth's description of alcoholism and its hopelessness, the physician began to pursue the spiritual remedy for his malady with a
willingness he had never before been able to muster.
6.
... physician had
repeatedly tried spiritual means to ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
This physician had repeatedly tried spiritual means to resolve his alcoholic dilemma but had failed.
7.
... physician in
such a group might have ...
12&12 p.150,
Tradition Five
8.
... physician's opinion.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
9.
... physician prominent
in New York.
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
When I need a mental uplift, I often think of another case brought in by a physician prominent in New York.
10.
... physician (the
psychiatrist, Dr. Jung) who prescribed ...
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
Then he had gone to Europe,
placing himself in the
care of a celebrated
physician (the psychiatrist, Dr. Jung) who prescribed for
him.
11.
... physician who,
at our request, gave us ...
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
The physician who, at our request, gave us this letter, has been kind enough to enlarge upon his views in another statement which
follows.
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