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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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1.
... sick.
BB p.11,
Bill's Story
The
wars which had been
fought, the
burnings and
chicanery that
religious dispute had
facilitated, made me
sick.
2.
... sick.
BB p.64,
How It Works
From it
stem all
forms of
spiritual disease, for we
have been not only
mentally and
physically ill, we have been
spiritually sick.
3.
... sick.
BB p.66,
How It Works
This was our
course: We
realized that the people who
wronged us were perhaps
spiritually sick.
4.
... sick.
BB p.92,
Working With Others
Tell him how
baffled you were, how you finally
learned that you were
sick.
5.
... sick.
BB p.141,
To Employers
You can see that he is
mentally and
physically sick.
6.
... sick.
BB p.164,
A Vision For You
Ask Him in your
morning meditation what you can do each
day for the
man who is still
sick.
7.
... sick and
irresponsible child who needs to ...
12&12 p.118,
Step Twelve
8.
... sick, and
panic takes over when he ...
12&12 p.39,
Step Three
9.
... sick brother?
12&12 p.141,
Tradition Three
10.
... sick emotions.
12&12 p.78,
Step Eight
Let's
remember that
alcoholics are not the only
ones bedeviled by
sick emotions.
11.
... sick employees.
BB p.139,
To Employers
12.
... sick friend.
BB p.67,
How It Works
We
asked God to
help us
show them the same
tolerance,
pity, and
patience that we would
cheerfully grant a
sick friend.
13.
... sick man.
BB p.67,
How It Works
When a
person offended
we said to ourselves, "This is a
sick man.
14.
... sick man.
BB p.147,
To Employers
If you are an
alcoholic, you are a
mighty sick man.
15.
... sick man
from temptation is doomed to ...
BB p.101,
Working With Others
16.
... sick man,
"the very image.
BB p.157,
A Vision For You
"Yes, that's me," said the
sick man, "the very
image.
17.
... sick men.
BB p.107,
To Wives
Sometimes we
sensed dimly
that we were
dealing with
sick men.
18.
... sick ones
and fellowships of Alcoholics Anonymous ...
BB p.153,
A Vision For You
They will
approach still other
sick ones and
fellowships of
Alcoholics Anonymous
may
spring up in each
city
and
hamlet,
havens for
those who
must find a way out.
19.
... sick ones,
or none at all.
12&12 p.31,
Step Two
We
prayed for
healthy children, and were
presented with
sick ones, or
none at all.
20.
... sick or
wayward child.
BB p.130,
The Family Afterward
21.
... sick people.
12&12 p.155,
Tradition Six
We
seriously thought
of
rewriting the
laws of
the
land, and having it
declared that
alcoholics are
sick people.
22.
... sick people.
BB p.70,
How It Works
We have
begun to
learn tolerance,
patience and
good will
toward all
men, even our
enemies, for we
look on them as
sick people.
23.
... sick people,
deranged men.
BB p.149,
To Employers
24.
... sick people
that way.
BB p.67,
How It Works
We wouldn't
treat sick people
that way.
25.
... sick person.
BB p.90,
Working With Others
They should be
patient,
realizing they are
dealing with a
sick person.
26.
... sick person.
BB xiii,
Foreword to First Edition
Many do not
comprehend that the
alcoholic is a very
sick person.
27.
... sick person
and should be treated accordingly.
BB p.100,
Working With Others
But
urge upon a
man's
family that he has been a very
sick person and should be
treated accordingly.
28.
... sick person,
you will have created a ...
BB p.115,
To Wives
When you have
carefully explained to such people that he is a
sick person, you will have
created a new
atmosphere.
29.
... sick, there
is unremitting danger to our ...
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
For us, if we
neglect those who are still
sick, there is
unremitting danger to our
own lives and
sanity.
30.
... sick too.
BB p.67,
How It Works
Though we did not like their
symptoms and the way
these
disturbed us, they, like ourselves, were
sick too.
31.
... sick, unreasonable
person.
BB p.108,
To Wives
He is just another very
sick,
unreasonable person.
32.
... sick, when
as a matter of fact ...
BB p.115,
To Wives
Frequently, you have
felt obliged to tell your
husband's
employer and his
friends that he was
sick,
when as a
matter of
fact he
was
tight.
33.
... sick, which
was much nearer the truth ...
BB p.106,
To Wives
We have told
small tots that
father was
sick, which was
much
nearer the
truth than
we
realized.
34.
... sick, you
might jump to the conclusion ...
BB p.146,
To Employers
When his
wife next calls
saying he is
sick, you might
jump to the
conclusion he
is
drunk.
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