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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SILKWORTH occurs
8 times
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1.
... Silkworth, a
New York specialist in alcoholism ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
He had also been
greatly helped by the
late Dr.
William D.
Silkworth, a New
York specialist in
alcoholism who is now
accounted no
less than a
medical saint by
A.A. members, and whose
story of the
early days of our
Society appears in the
next pages.
2.
... Silkworth, began
to tell me of the ...
12&12 p.136,
Tradition Two
Three years ago, when my
head doctor,
Silkworth,
began to tell me of the
idea of
helping drunks by
spirituality,
I
thought it was
crackpot stuff, but I've
changed my
mind.
3.
... Silkworth's description
of alcoholism and its hopelessness, ...
BB xvi,
Foreword to Second Edition
4.
... Silkworth's first
endorsement of Alcoholics Anonymous, medical ...
BB p.569(571),
Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A.
5.
... Silkworth if
he had a prospect.
12&12 p.151,
Tradition Five
"So I
hopped the
subway to
Towns Hospital, where I
asked Dr.
Silkworth if he had a
prospect.
6.
... Silkworth, M.D.
BB xxvi(xxiv),
The Doctor's Opinion
Very
truly yours,
William
D.
Silkworth,
M.D.
7.
... Silkworth, M.D.
BB xxxii(xxx),
The Doctor's Opinion
William D.
Silkworth,
M.D.
8.
... Silkworth, our
Society's great medical benefactor.
BB xi,
Preface
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