From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... psychiatrists.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
2.
... psychiatrists agree
with our conclusions.
BB p.43,
More About Alcoholism
3.
... psychiatrists and
psychologists as it is to ...
12&12 p.38,
Step Three
We realize that the word
"dependence" is as distasteful to many psychiatrists and psychologists as it is to alcoholics.
4.
Psychiatrists and
psychologists point out the deep ...
12&12 p.56,
Step Five
Psychiatrists and psychologists point out the deep need every human being has for practical insight and knowledge of his own personality flaws and for
a discussion of them with an understanding and trustworthy person.
5.
... psychiatrists directing
a hospital for alcoholics we ...
BB xxviii(xxvi),
The Doctor's Opinion
If any feel that as psychiatrists directing a hospital for alcoholics
we appear somewhat sentimental, let them stand with us a while on the firing line, see the tragedies, the despairing wives, the little children; let the solving of these problems become a part of their daily work, and even of their sleeping moments, and the
most cynical will not wonder that we have accepted and encouraged
this movement.
6.
... psychiatrists have
often observed, defiance is the ...
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
"As psychiatrists have often
observed, defiance is
the outstanding characteristic of many
an alcoholic.
7.
... psychiatrists who
have dealt with us have ...
BB p.18,
There Is A Solution
Highly competent psychiatrists who have dealt with
us have found it sometimes impossible
to persuade an alcoholic to discuss his
situation without reserve.
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