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The 82
"Musts" Found In
Alcoholics
Anonymous 3rd. Edition.

THE DOCTOR'S
OPINION
1. As part of his
rehabilitation he commenced to
present conceptions to other
alcoholics, impressing on them that
they must
do likewise with still others. (p.
xxiii)
2. In this statement
he confirms what we who have suffered
alcoholic torture must believe
-- that the body of the alcoholic is
quite as abnormal as his mind. (p.
xxiv)
3. The message,
which can interest and hold these
alcoholic people must have
depth and weight. (p. xxvi)
4. In nearly all
cases, their ideals must be
grounded in a power greater then
themselves, if they are to re-create
their lives. (p.xxvi)
5. I must stop, but
I cannot! (p. xxvii)
6. You must help me!
(p. xxvii)
7. Faced with this
problem, if a doctor is honest with
himself, he must
sometimes feel his own inadequacy.
(p. xxvii)
8. Though the
aggregate of recoveries resulting
from psychiatric effort is
considerable, we physicians must admit we
have made little impression upon the
problem as a whole. (p. xxvii)
CHAPTER 1, BILL'S
STORY
9. I could almost
hear the sound of the preacher's
voice as I sat, on still Sundays, way
over there on the hillside; there was
that proffered temperance pledge I
never signed; my grandfather's good
natured contempt of some church folk
and their doings; his insistence that
the spheres really had their own
music; but his denial of the
preacher's right to tell him how he must listen;
his fearlessness as he spoke of these
things just before he died; these
recollections welled up from the
past. (p. 10)
10. I must turn in
all things to the Father of Light who
presides over us all. (p. 14)
CHAPTER 2, THERE
IS A SOLUTION
11. "His will
power must
be weak." (p. 20)
12. Our hope is that
many alcoholic men and women,
desperately in need will see these
pages, and we believe that it is only
by fully disclosing ourselves and our
problems that they will be persuaded
to say, "Yes I am one of them
too; I must
have this thing." (p. 29)
CHAPTER 3, MORE
ABOUT ALCOHOLISM
13. If we are
planning to stop drinking, there must be no
reservation of any kind, nor any
lurking notion that someday we will
be immune to alcohol. (p. 33)
14. His defense must come from
a Higher Power. (p. 43)
CHAPTER 4, WE
AGNOSTICS
15. But after a
while we had to face the fact that we
must
find a spiritual basis of life -- or
else. (p. 44)
CHAPTER 5, HOW IT
WORKS
16. Above
everything, we alcoholics must be rid of
this selfishness. (p. 62)
17. We must, or it
kills us! (p. 62)
18. We saw that
these resentments must be
mastered, but how? (p. 66)
19. Whatever our
ideal turns out to be, we must be
willing to grow toward it. (p. 69)
20. We must be
willing to make amends where we have
done harm, provided that we do not
bring about still more harm in so
doing. (p. 69)
CHAPTER 6, INTO
ACTION
21. We must be
entirely honest with somebody if we
expect to live long or happily in
this world. (p. 73)
22. Those of us who
belong to a religious denomination,
which requires confession must, and of
course, will want to go to the
properly appointed authority whose
duty is to receive it. (p. 74)
23. The rule is we must be hard
on ourselves, but always considerate
of others. (p. 74)
24. But we must not use
this as a mere excuse to postpone.
(p. 75)
25. We must lose our
fear of creditors no matter how far
we have to go, for we are liable to
drink if we are afraid to face them.
(p. 78)
26. We must not
shrink at anything. (p. 79)
27. If we obtained
permission, have consulted with
others, asked God to help and the
drastic step is indicated we must not
shrink. (p.80)
28. In fairness we must say that
she may understand, but what are we
going to do about a thing like that?
(p. 81)
29. Certainly he must keep
sober, for there will be no home if
he doesn't. (p. 82)
30. We must take the
lead. (p. 83)
31. We must remember
that ten or twenty years of
drunkenness would make a skeptic out
of anyone. (p. 83)
32. Every day is a
day when we must
carry the vision of God's will
into all of our activities. (p.
85)
33. These are the
thoughts, which must
go with us constantly. (p. 85)
34. But we must go
further and that means more action.
(p. 85)
35. But we must be
careful not to drift into worry,
remorse or morbid reflection, for
that would diminish our usefulness to
others. (p. 86)
CHAPTER 7, WORKING
WITH OTHERS
36. To watch people
recover, to see them help others, to
watch
loneliness vanish, to see a
fellowship grow up about you, to have
a host of friends -- this is an
experience you must
not miss. (p. 89)
37. The family must decide
these things. (p. 90)
38. To be vital
faith must
be accompanied by self-sacrifice and
unselfish, constructive action. (p.
93)
39. After doing
that, he must
decide for himself whether he wants
to go on. (p. 95)
40. If he is to find
God, the desire must
come from within him. (p. 95)
41. In many homes
this is a difficult thing to do, but
it must
be done if any results are to be
expected. (p. 99
42. But we must try to
repair the damage immediately lest we
pay the penalty by a spree. (p. 99
43. If their old
relationship is to be resumed it must be on a
better basis, since the former did
not work. (p. 99)
44. Both you and the
new man must
walk day by day in the path of
spiritual progress. (p. 100)
45. People have said
we must
not go where liquor is served;
[continued] (p.101)
46. we must not have
it in our homes; [continued] (p. 101)
47. we must shun our
friends who drink; [continued] (p.
101)
48. we must avoid
moving pictures which show drinking
scenes; [continued] (p. 101)
49. we must not go
into bars; [continued] (p. 101)
50. our friends must hide
their bottles if we go to their
houses; [continued] (p. 101)
51. we mustn't think
or be reminded about alcohol at all.
(p. 101)
CHAPTER 8, TO
WIVES
52. Our next thought
is that you should never tell him
what he must
do about his drinking. (p. 111)
53. Wait until
repeated stumbling convinces him he must act, for
the more you hurry him the longer his
recovery will be delayed. (p. 113)
54. But sometimes
you must
start life anew. (p. 114)
55. But you must be on
guard not to embarrass of harm your
husband. (p. 115)
56. You will no
longer be self-conscious or feel that
you must apologize
as though your husband were a weak
character. (p. 115)
57. Often you must carry the
burden of avoiding them or keeping
them under control. (p. 117)
58. Yet you must expect
too much. (p. 118)
59. Your husband
will see at once that he must redouble
his spiritual activities if he
expects to survive. (p. 120)
CHAPTER 9, THE
FAMILY AFTERWARD
60. The family must realize
that dad, though marvelously
improved, is still convalescing. (p.
127)
61. But he must see the
danger of over-concentration on
financial success. (p. 127)
62. 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.
(p. 127)
63. That is where
our fellow travelers are, and that is
where our work must
be done. (p. 130)
64. The others must be
convinced of his new status beyond
the shadow of a doubt. (p. 135)
CHAPTER 10, TO
EMPLOYERS
65. State that you
know about his drinking, and that it must stop. (p.
141)
66. Though you are
providing him with the best possible
medical attention, he should
understand that he must undergo a
change of heart. (p. 143)
67. When a man is
presented with this volume it is best
that no one tell him he must abide by
its suggestions. (p. 144)
68. The man must decide
for himself. (p. 144)
69. For he knows he must be honest
if he would live at all. (p. 146)
CHAPTER 11, A
VISION FOR YOU
70. "...I know
I must
get along without liquor, but how can
I?..." (p. 152)
71. They will
approach still other sick ones and
fellowships of Alcoholics Anonymous
may spring up in each city and
Hamlet, havens for those who must find a
way out. (p. 153)
72. There must be many
such in this town. (p. 154)
73. Both saw that
they must
keep spiritually active. (p. 156)
74. Though they knew
they must
help other alcoholics if they would
remain sober, that motive became
secondary. (p. 159)
75. God will
determine that, so you must remember
that your real reliance is always
upon Him. (p. 164)
APPENDIX I, THE
A.A. TRADITION
76. We alcoholics
see that we must work together and
hang together, else most of us will
finally die alone. (p. 563)
THE TWELVE
TRADITIONS (LONG FORM)
77. A.A. must
continue to live or most of us
will surely die. (p. 565)
APPENDIX II,
SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE
78. Yet it is true
that our first printing gave many
readers the impression that these
personality changes, or religious
experiences, must
be in the nature of sudden and
spectacular upheavals. (p. 569)
79. Though it was
not our intention to create such an
impression alcoholics have
nevertheless concluded that in order
to recover they must
acquire an immediate and overwhelming
"God consciousness"
followed at once by a vast change in
feeling and outlook. (p. 569)
APPENDIX III...THE
MEDICAL VIEW ON A.A.
80. "...I think
our profession must
take appreciative cognizance
of this great therapeutic weapon. (p.
571)
81. Any therapeutic
or philosophic procedure which can
prove a recovery rate of 50% to 60% must merit our
consideration." (p. 571)
82. They know that
they must
never drink. (p. 572)
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