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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)


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1.
... sickness can.   BB p.18, There Is A Solution   Go to page 18 in the Big Book
An illness of this sort -- and we have come to believe it an illness -- involves those about us in a way no other human sickness can.

2.
... sickness, cruelty, and injustice in the world?   12&12 p.97, Step Eleven
What about all the accidents, sickness, cruelty, and injustice in the world?

3.
... sickness in its own right.   12&12 p.49, Step Four
All these failings generate fear, a soul-sickness in its own right.


4.
... sickness is discussed at length might be ...   BB p.140, To Employers   Go to page 140 in the Big Book
If this presents difficulty, re-reading chapters two and three, where the alcoholic sickness is discussed at length might be worth while.

5.
... sickness is not pleasant to look upon.   12&12 p.44, Step Four
This perverse soul-sickness is not pleasant to look upon.

6.
... sickness, loneliness, and bereavement with courage and ...   12&12 p.112, Step Twelve
Can we accept poverty, sickness, loneliness, and bereavement with courage and serenity?


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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