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CONDITION
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1.
... condition.
BB p.9,
Bill's Story
It was
years
since I could
remember
his
coming
to New
York
in that
condition
.
2.
... condition.
BB p.32,
More About Alcoholism
It may be
worth
a
bad
case
of
jitters
if you get a
full
knowledge
of your
condition
.
3.
... condition.
BB p.35,
More About Alcoholism
He
agreed
he was a
real
alcoholic
and in a
serious
condition
.
4.
... condition.
BB p.39,
More About Alcoholism
For a few
days
he was
depressed
about his
condition
.
5.
... condition.
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
They
piled
on me
heaps
of
evidence
to the
effect
that an
alcoholic
mentality
, such as I had
exhibited
in
Washington
, was a
hopeless
condition
.
6.
... condition.
BB p.85,
Into Action
That is how we
react
so
long
as we
keep
in
fit
spiritual
condition
.
7.
... condition.
BB p.85,
Into Action
What we really have is a
daily
reprieve
contingent
on the
maintenance
of our
spiritual
condition
.
8.
... condition.
BB p.122,
The Family Afterward
Cessation
of
drinking
is but the
first
step
away from a
highly
strained
,
abnormal
condition
.
9.
... condition, and his religious leanings.
BB p.90,
Working With Others
Get an
idea
of his
behavior
, his
problems
, his
background
, the
seriousness
of his
condition
, and his
religious
leanings
.
10.
... condition, brought to me.
BB xxxi(xxix),
The Doctor's Opinion
He was
rescued
by a
searching
party
, and, in
desperate
condition
, brought to me.
11.
... condition do we criticize such a person ...
BB p.77,
Into Action
Under no
condition
do we
criticize
such a
person
or
argue
.
12.
... condition, he has become very curious to ...
BB p.93,
Working With Others
Even though your
protégé
may not have
entirely
admitted
his
condition
, he has
become
very
curious
to
know
how you got well.
13.
... condition is being blotted out ... Historians may ...
BB p.571(573),
Appendix IV, The Lasker Award
"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
."
14.
... condition is that he trust in God ...
BB p.98,
Working With Others
The only
condition
is that he
trust
in
God
and
clean
house
.
15.
... condition, it is better to risk it.
BB p.90,
Working With Others
The
family
may
object
to this, but
unless
he is in a
dangerous
physical
condition
, it is
better
to
risk
it.
16.
... condition may come to him.
BB p.144,
To Employers
If the book is
read
the
moment
the
patient
is able, while
acutely
depressed
,
realization
of his
condition
may
come
to him.
17.
... condition of groveling despair.
12&12 p.72,
Step Seven
It was only at the
end
of a
long
road
,
marked
by
successive
defeats
and
humiliations
, and the
final
crushing
of our
self
-
sufficiency
, that we
began
to
feel
humility
as something more than a
condition
of
groveling
despair
.
18.
... condition of mind and body.
BB p.20,
There Is A Solution
Doubtless
you are
curious
to
discover
how and why, in the
face
of
expert
opinion
to the
contrary
, we have
recovered
from a
hopeless
condition
of
mind
and
body
.
19.
... condition or this book only when he ...
BB p.113,
To Wives
Talk
about his
condition
or this book only when he
raises
the
issue
.
20.
... condition persists.
BB p.134,
The Family Afterward
There should be no
hesitancy
in
consulting
a
doctor
or
psychologist
if the
condition
persists
.
21.
... condition surrounding that first drink prevents normal ...
BB p.92,
Working With Others
Show
him, from your
own
experience
, how the
queer
mental
condition
surrounding
that
first
drink
prevents
normal
functioning
of the will
power
.
22.
... condition that he can think straight and ...
BB p.143,
To Employers
Your
man
will
fare
better
if
placed
in such
physical
condition
that he can
think
straight
and no
longer
craves
liquor
.
23.
... condition too abnormal or dangerous.
BB p.114,
To Wives
If he is already
committed
to an
institution
, but can
convince
you and your
doctor
that he
means
business
,
give
him a
chance
to
try
our
method
,
unless
the
doctor
thinks
his
mental
condition
too
abnormal
or
dangerous
.
24.
... condition was.
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
It did not
matter
too much what our
material
condition
was, but it did
matter
what our
spiritual
condition
was.
25.
... condition was, but it did matter what ...
12&12 p.122,
Step Twelve
It did not
matter
too much what our
material
condition
was, but it did
matter
what our
spiritual
condition
was.
26.
... condition was relieved, as in fact it ...
BB p.42,
More About Alcoholism
But the
moment
I made up my
mind
to go through with the
process
, I had the
curious
feeling
that my
alcoholic
condition
was
relieved
, as in
fact
it
proved
to be.
27.
... condition were unusually good.
BB p.26,
There Is A Solution
His
physical
and
mental
condition
were
unusually
good
.
28.
... condition, whatever that happens to be.
BB p.144,
To Employers
We
hope
the
doctor
will tell the
patient
the
truth
about his
condition
, whatever that
happens
to be.
29.
... condition which, in ordinary life, would produce ...
BB p.125,
The Family Afterward
This is a
condition
which, in
ordinary
life
, would
produce
untold
grief
; there might be
scandalous
gossip
,
laughter
at the
expense
of other people, and a
tendency
to take
advantage
of
intimate
information
.
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