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1.
  ... alcoholism.  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvi
From this doctor, the broker had learned the grave nature of alcoholism.


2.
  ... alcoholism.  BB The Doctor's Opinion, pp.xxv-xxvi
These facts appear to be of extreme medical importance; because of the extraordinary possibilities of rapid growth inherent in this group they may mark a new epoch in the annals of alcoholism.


3.
  ... alcoholism.  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxxi
About one year prior to this experience a man was brought in to be treated for chronic alcoholism.


4.
  ... alcoholism.  BB There Is A Solution, p.17
This is the great news this book carries to those who suffer from alcoholism.


5.
  ... alcoholism.  BB More About Alcoholism, pp.39-40
We told him what we knew about alcoholism.


6.
  ... alcoholism.  BB We Agnostics, p.44
In the preceding chapters you have learned something of alcoholism.


7.
  ... alcoholism.  BB How It Works, p.60
(b) That probably no human power could have relieved our alcoholism.


8.
  ... alcoholism.  BB Into Action, p.85
We are not cured of alcoholism.


9.
  ... alcoholism.  BB Working With Others, p.92
We suggest you do this as we have done it in the chapter on alcoholism.


10.
  ... alcoholism.  BB Working With Others, p.94
Maybe you have disturbed him about the question of alcoholism.


11.
  ... alcoholism.  BB To Wives, p.107
Some of them rose out of ignorance of alcoholism.


12.
  ... alcoholism.  BB To Wives, pp.111-112
When a discussion does arise, you might suggest he read this book or at least the chapter on alcoholism.


13.
  ... alcoholism.  BB To Wives, p.112
Thus you may succeed in interesting him in alcoholism.


14.
  ... alcoholism.  BB To Wives, p.112
Show him your copy of this book and tell him what you have found out about alcoholism.


15.
  ... alcoholism.  BB To Wives, pp.112-113
If you think he will be shy of a spiritual remedy, ask him to look at the chapter on alcoholism.


16.
  ... alcoholism.  BB To Wives, p.114
Some men cannot or will not get over alcoholism.


17.
  ... alcoholism.  BB To Wives, p.118
Another feeling we are very likely to entertain is one of resentment that love and loyalty could not cure our husbands of alcoholism.


18.
  ... alcoholism.  BB To Employers, p.141
You now know more about alcoholism.


19.
  ... alcoholism.  BB To Employers, p.144
Whether your employee likes it or not, he will learn the grim truth about alcoholism.


20.
  ... alcoholism.  BB To Employers, p.147
I have been learning something about alcoholism.


21.
  ... alcoholism.  BB A Vision For You, p.155
He told how he lived in constant worry about those who might find out about his alcoholism.


22.
  ... alcoholism."  BB A Vision For You, p.157
Said one of the visitors, "We're giving you a treatment for alcoholism."


23.
  ... alcoholism.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.172
Unfortunately for me I was the only child, which perhaps engendered the selfishness which played such an important part in bringing on my alcoholism.


24.
  ... alcoholism.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.180
It must be remembered that I had read a great deal and talked to everyone who knew, or thought they knew anything about the subject of alcoholism.


25.
  ... alcoholism.  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.563
3. Our membership ought to include all who suffer from alcoholism.


26.
  ... alcoholism.  12&12 Foreword, p.15
Alcoholics Anonymous is a worldwide fellowship of more than one hundred thousand(*) alcoholic men and women who are banded together to solve their common problems and to help fellow sufferers in recovery from that age-old, baffling malady, alcoholism.


27.
  ... alcoholism.  12&12 Step One, p.23
Alcoholics who still had their health, their families, their jobs, and even two cars in the garage, began to recognize their alcoholism.


28.
  ... alcoholism?"  12&12 Step One, p.23
Why don't you try some more controlled drinking, bearing in mind meanwhile what we have told you about alcoholism?"


29.
  ... alcoholism.  12&12 Step Two, p.33
They are abetted in this blindness by a world which does not understand the difference between sane drinking and alcoholism.


30.
  ... alcoholism.  12&12 Step Six, p.63
Change of scene, the best efforts of family, friends, doctors, and clergymen got no place with my alcoholism.


31.
  ... alcoholism.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.117
To a surprising extent, A.A. has offset the damage to family life brought about by years of alcoholism.


32.
  ... alcoholism.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.117
Our main problem is not how we are to stay married; it is how to be more happily married by eliminating the severe emotional twists that have so often stemmed from alcoholism.


33.
  ... alcoholism.  12&12 Tradition Six, p.155
The A.A. groups, many thought, could go into business, might finance any enterprise whatever in the total field of alcoholism.


34.
  ... alcoholism.  12&12 Tradition Six, p.158
Of course, there couldn't be the slightest objection if such an association hired an A.A. member solely because of his public relations ability and his knowledge of alcoholism.


35.
  ... alcoholism.  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.169
A university wanted an A.A. member to educate the public on alcoholism.


36.
  ... alcoholism.  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.178
The Washingtonian Society, a movement among alcoholics which started in Baltimore a century ago, almost discovered the answer to alcoholism.


37.
  ... alcoholism.  12&12 Tradition Three (Long), p.189
Three -- Our membership ought to include all who suffer from alcoholism.


38.
  ... alcoholism.  Grapevine Preamble
A.A. Preamble -- Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of people who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.


39.
  ... alcoholism agree there is no such thing ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.31
Physicians who are familiar with alcoholism agree there is no such thing as making a normal drinker out of an alcoholic.


40.
  ... alcoholism and by attendance at a few ...  12&12 Step Three, p.39
More sobriety brought about by the admission of alcoholism and by attendance at a few meetings is very good indeed, but it is bound to be a far cry from permanent sobriety and a contented, useful life.


41.
  ... Alcoholism" and earlier "Alcoholism the Illness.")  BB Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.570
(This address is now available in pamphlet form at nominal cost through most A.A. groups or from Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, under the title "Three Talks to Medical Societies by Bill W." -- formerly called "Bill on Alcoholism" and earlier "Alcoholism the Illness.")


42.
  ... alcoholism, and I frankly did not believe ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.40
Let him tell you about it: "I was much impressed with what you fellows said about alcoholism, and I frankly did not believe it would be possible for me to drink again.


43.
  ... alcoholism and its hopelessness, the physician began ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvi
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.


44.
  ... alcoholism and misery.  12&12 Step Four, p.54
Whatever the defects, they have finally ambushed us into alcoholism and misery.


45.
  ... alcoholism and the answer we had found.  BB More About Alcoholism, p.35
We told him what we knew of alcoholism and the answer we had found.


46.
  ... alcoholism and were destined to become co-founders ...  12&12 Foreword, p.16
Both were severe cases of alcoholism and were destined to become co-founders of the A.A. Fellowship.


47.
  ... alcoholism as an illness, a fatal malady.  BB Working With Others, p.92
Continue to speak of alcoholism as an illness, a fatal malady.


48.
  ... alcoholism as an illness, the social stigma ...  BB Appendix IV, The Lasker Award, p.571
"The American Public Health Association presents a Lasker Group Award for 1951 to Alcoholics Anonymous in recognition of its unique and highly successful approach to that age-old public health and social problem, alcoholism ... In emphasizing alcoholism as an illness, the social stigma associated with this condition is being blotted out ... Historians may one day recognize Alcoholics Anonymous to have been a great venture in social pioneering which forged a new instrument for social action; a new therapy based on the kinship of common suffering; one having a vast potential for the myriad other ills of mankind."


49.
  ... alcoholism as I do now.  BB To Employers, p.137
Here were three exceptional men lost to this world because I did not understand alcoholism as I do now.


50.
  ... alcoholism as we know it -- this utter ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.34
This is the baffling feature of alcoholism as we know it -- this utter inability to leave it alone, no matter how great the necessity or the wish.


51.
  ... alcoholism, as we understand it, then a ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.28
In the following chapter, there appears an explanation of alcoholism, as we understand it, then a chapter addressed to the agnostic.


52.
  ... alcoholism because you offer a solution.  BB Working With Others, p.92
But you may talk to him about the hopelessness of alcoholism because you offer a solution.


53.
  ... alcoholism by himself.  12&12 Tradition Five, p.152
He interrupted to scoff at this and asserted he'd fix his wife, his partner, and his alcoholism by himself.


54.
  ... alcoholism could be licked, so could any ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.156
It stood to reason that if alcoholism could be licked, so could any problem.


55.
  ... alcoholism, defeated drinkers will seize upon it, ...  BB A Vision For You, p.153
Our hope is that when this chip of a book is launched on the world tide of alcoholism, defeated drinkers will seize upon it, to follow its suggestions.


56.
  ... alcoholism did not occur to me at ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.42
Well, just that did happen and more, for what I had learned of alcoholism did not occur to me at all.


57.
  ... alcoholism for jay-walking, the illustration would fit ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.38
We, who have been through the wringer, have to admit if we substituted alcoholism for jay-walking, the illustration would fit us exactly.


58.
  ... alcoholism for many years.  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxv
I have specialized in the treatment of alcoholism for many years.


59.
  ... alcoholism from actual experience.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.180
Of far more importance was the fact that he was the first living human with whom I had ever talked, who knew what he was talking about in regard to alcoholism from actual experience.


60.
  ... alcoholism had been a lonely business, even ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.116
For alcoholism had been a lonely business, even though we had been surrounded by people who loved us.


61.
  ... alcoholism has ever been brought about by ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.166
Almost no recovery from alcoholism has ever been brought about by the world's best professionals, whether medical or religious.


62.
  ... alcoholism has manifested itself among us in ...  BB Appendix II, Spiritual Experience, p.567
The terms "spiritual experience" and "spiritual awakening" are used many times in this book which, upon careful reading, shows that the personality change sufficient to bring about recovery from alcoholism has manifested itself among us in many different forms.


63.
  ... alcoholism, He can solve your problems too.  BB To Wives, p.116
If God can solve the age-old riddle of alcoholism, He can solve your problems too.


64.
  ... alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless ...  BB Acceptance, p.417
Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy.


65.
  ... alcoholism, impending mental and physical collapse, brought ...  BB We Agnostics, p.56
Post-war disillusionment, ever more serious alcoholism, impending mental and physical collapse, brought him to the point of self-destruction.


66.
  ... alcoholism ... In emphasizing alcoholism as an illness, ...  BB Appendix IV, The Lasker Award, p.571
"The American Public Health Association presents a Lasker Group Award for 1951 to Alcoholics Anonymous in recognition of its unique and highly successful approach to that age-old public health and social problem, alcoholism ... In emphasizing alcoholism as an illness, the social stigma associated with this condition is being blotted out ... Historians may one day recognize Alcoholics Anonymous to have been a great venture in social pioneering which forged a new instrument for social action; a new therapy based on the kinship of common suffering; one having a vast potential for the myriad other ills of mankind."


67.
  ... alcoholism in their own firms.  12&12 Tradition Eleven, p.180
Employers learn that great corporations have set their approval upon us, and wish to discover what can be done about alcoholism in their own firms.


68.
  ... alcoholism is an illness over which we ...  BB To Wives, p.118
At such moments we forget that alcoholism is an illness over which we could not possibly have had any power.


69.
  ... alcoholism is complicated by other disorders.  BB To Wives, p.114
Sometimes there are cases where alcoholism is complicated by other disorders.


70.
  ... alcoholism is costing his organization a year.  BB To Employers, p.149
He might be shocked if he knew how much alcoholism is costing his organization a year.


71.
  ... alcoholism is entirely a problem of mental ...  BB The Doctor's Opinion, p.xxix
I do not hold with those who believe that alcoholism is entirely a problem of mental control.


72.
  ... alcoholism is life itself to us, it ...  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.177
Since recovery from alcoholism is life itself to us, it is imperative that we preserve in full strength our means of survival.


73.
  ... alcoholism, it was reasonable (or so it ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.155
The moment we saw that we had an answer for alcoholism, it was reasonable (or so it seemed at the time) for us to feel that we might have the answer to a lot of other things.


74.
  ... alcoholism, many of us would have recovered ...  BB We Agnostics, p.44
If a mere code of morals or a better philosophy of life were sufficient to overcome alcoholism, many of us would have recovered long ago.


75.
  Alcoholism may be causing your organization considerable ...  BB To Employers, p.148
Alcoholism may be causing your organization considerable damage in its waste of time, men and reputation.


76.
  ... alcoholism might be made and thoughtful considerations ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.131
New acquaintances who know nothing of alcoholism might be made and thoughtful considerations given their needs.


77.
  ... alcoholism must remember he did much to ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.127
We know there are difficult wives and families, but the man who is getting over alcoholism must remember he did much to make them so.


78.
  ... alcoholism, no field of investigation could yield ...  12&12 Step Eight, p.80
Since defective relations with other human beings have nearly always been the immediate cause of our woes, including our alcoholism, no field of investigation could yield more satisfying and valuable rewards than this one.


79.
  ... alcoholism on the theory it may cause ...  BB Into Action, p.78
Nor are we afraid of disclosing our alcoholism on the theory it may cause financial harm.


80.
  ... alcoholism once again.  12&12 Step Seven, p.73
Still goaded by sheer necessity, we reluctantly come to grips with those serious character flaws that made problem drinkers of us in the first place, flaws which must be dealt with to prevent a retreat into alcoholism once again.


81.
  ... alcoholism strikes, very unnatural situations may develop ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.117
When alcoholism strikes, very unnatural situations may develop which work against marriage partnership and compatible union.


82.
  ... alcoholism, the illness.  BB To Employers, p.142
At this point, it might be well to explain alcoholism, the illness.


83.
  ... "Alcoholism the Illness.")  BB Appendix III, The Medical View on A.A., p.570
(This address is now available in pamphlet form at nominal cost through most A.A. groups or from Box 459, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163, under the title "Three Talks to Medical Societies by Bill W." -- formerly called "Bill on Alcoholism" and earlier "Alcoholism the Illness.")


84.
  ... alcoholism, the malady, and described the symptoms ...  BB To Employers, p.138
This seemed to me like an opportunity to be helpful, so I spent two hours talking about alcoholism, the malady, and described the symptoms and results as well as I could.


85.
  ... alcoholism was described from the alcoholic's point ...  12&12 Foreword, p.17
In it alcoholism was described from the alcoholic's point of view, the spiritual ideas of the Society were codified for the first time in the Twelve Steps, and the application of these Steps to the alcoholic's dilemma was made clear.


86.
  ... alcoholism was, so we'd educate the public, ...  12&12 Tradition Six, p.155
People needed to be told what alcoholism was, so we'd educate the public, even rewrite school and medical textbooks.


87.
  ... alcoholism, we are driven to A.A., and ...  12&12 Step One, p.24
Under the lash of alcoholism, we are driven to A.A., and there we discover the fatal nature of our situation.


88.
  ... alcoholism, we give him first aid and ...  BB The Family Afterward, p.132
When we see a man sinking into the mire that is alcoholism, we give him first aid and place what we have at his disposal.


89.
  ... alcoholism, we urge each of our Fellowship ...  BB Foreword to First Edition, p.xiii
When writing or speaking publicly about alcoholism, we urge each of our Fellowship to omit his personal name, designating himself instead as "a member of Alcoholics Anonymous."


90.
  ... alcoholism -- well, they just don't believe they ...  BB To Employers, p.149
But alcoholism -- well, they just don't believe they have it.


91.
  ... alcoholism, were able to stop for a ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.32
We have heard of a few instances where people, who showed definite signs of alcoholism, were able to stop for a long period because of an overpowering desire to do so.


92.
  ... alcoholism where everything is distorted and exaggerated.  BB To Wives, p.108
Perhaps your husband has been living in that strange world of alcoholism where everything is distorted and exaggerated.


93.
  ... alcoholism which proposes to shield the sick ...  BB Working With Others, p.101
In our belief any scheme of combating alcoholism which proposes to shield the sick man from temptation is doomed to failure.


94.
  ... alcoholism which was undoubtedly helpful.  BB Doctor Bob's Nightmare, p.180
He gave me information about the subject of alcoholism which was undoubtedly helpful.


95.
  ... alcoholism who is now accounted no less ...  BB Foreword to Second Edition, p.xvi
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.


96.
  ... alcoholism, why then shouldn't we be able ...  12&12 Step Six, p.64
Having been granted a perfect release from alcoholism, why then shouldn't we be able to achieve by the same means a perfect release from every other difficulty or defect?


97.
  ... alcoholism, you may not want me among ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.142
"But," he asked, "will you let me join your group? Since I am the victim of another addiction even worse stigmatized than alcoholism, you may not want me among you. Or will you?"


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