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HOSPITALS   occurs   17 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... hospitals.   BB p.89, Working With Others   Go to page 89 in the Big Book
You can easily find some by asking a few doctors, ministers, priests or hospitals.


2.
... hospitals.   BB p.161, A Vision For You   Go to page 161 in the Big Book
But life among Alcoholics Anonymous is more than attending gatherings and visiting hospitals.


3.
... hospitals, and jails.   BB p.107, To Wives   Go to page 107 in the Big Book
Most of us have entered the final stage with its commitment to health resorts, sanitariums, hospitals, and jails.

4.
... hospitals, and rehabilitation?   12&12 p.153, Tradition Five
Suppose my answer had to be that A.A. needed a lot of money; that A.A. went in for education, hospitals, and rehabilitation?


5.
... hospitals and sanitariums.   BB p.22, There Is A Solution   Go to page 22 in the Big Book
Then he begins to appear at hospitals and sanitariums.

6.
... hospitals, as well as other places of ...   12&12 p.190, Tradition Six (Long)
But hospitals, as well as other places of recuperation, ought to be well outside A.A. -- and medically supervised.


7.
... hospitals, as well as other places of ...   BB p.564(566), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
But hospitals, as well as other places of recuperation, ought to be well outside A.A. -- and medically supervised.

8.
Hospitals didn't like alcoholics, so we thought ...   12&12 p.155, Tradition Six
Hospitals didn't like alcoholics, so we thought we'd build a hospital chain of our own.


9.
... hospitals has begun.   BB p.110, To Wives   Go to page 110 in the Big Book
Maybe the doctor has been called in, and the weary round of sanitariums and hospitals has begun.


10.
... hospitals in the country treating alcoholic and ...   BB xxvii(xxv), The Doctor's Opinion   Display entire Doctor's Opinion
I say this after many years' experience as Medical Director of one of the oldest hospitals in the country treating alcoholic and drug addiction.


11.
... hospitals, jails and asylums.   BB p.97, Working With Others   Go to page 97 in the Big Book
It may mean sharing your money and your home, counseling frantic wives and relatives, innumerable trips to police courts, sanitariums, hospitals, jails and asylums.


12.
... hospitals of every kind.   BB p.114, To Wives   Go to page 114 in the Big Book
Since this book was first published, A.A. has released thousands of alcoholics from asylums and hospitals of every kind.

13.
... hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance ...   12&12 p.190, Tradition Seven (Long)
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is unwise.


14.
... hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance ...   BB p.564(566), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
We think that each group should soon achieve this ideal; that any public solicitation of funds using the name of Alcoholics Anonymous is highly dangerous, whether by groups, clubs, hospitals, or other outside agencies; that acceptance of large gifts from any source, or of contributions carrying any obligation whatever, is unwise.

15.
... hospitals -- they all bogged down because you ...   12&12 p.156, Tradition Six
Whereupon we tried A.A. hospitals -- they all bogged down because you cannot put an A.A. group into business; too many busybody cooks spoil the broth.

16.
... hospitals which require much property or administration, ...   12&12 p.190, Tradition Six (Long)
Secondary aids to A.A., such as clubs or hospitals which require much property or administration, ought to be incorporated and so set apart that, if necessary, they can be freely discarded by the groups.


17.
... hospitals which require much property or administration, ...   BB p.564(566), Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition   Display entire Appendix I
Secondary aids to A.A., such as clubs or hospitals which require much property or administration, ought to be incorporated and so set apart that, if necessary, they can be freely discarded by the groups.


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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