"mind" in the Big Book

It hadn’t even come to mind.

The mind and body are marvelous mechanisms, for mine endured this agony two more years.

When they talked of a God personal to me, who was love, superhuman strength and direction, I became irritated and my mind snapped shut against such a theory.

Never mind the musty past; here sat a miracle directly across the kitchen table.

I could go for such conceptions as Creative Intelligence, Universal Mind or Spirit of Nature but I resisted the thought of a Czar of the Heavens, however loving His sway might be.

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.

Therefore, the main problem of the alcoholic centers in his mind, rather than in his body.

The almost certain consequences that follow taking even a glass of beer do not crowd into the mind to deter us.

Above all, he believed he had acquired such a profound knowledge of the inner workings of his mind and its hidden springs that relapse was unthinkable.

The doctor said: “You have the mind of a chronic alcoholic.

I have never seen one single case recover, where that state of mind existed to the extent that it does in you.’’ Our friend felt as though the gates of hell had closed on him with a clang.

He made up his mind that until he had been successful in business and had retired, he would not touch another drop.

“Suddenly the thought crossed my mind that if I were to put an ounce of whiskey in my milk it couldn’t hurt me on a full stomach.

He made up his mind to quit drinking altogether.

“In this frame of mind, I went about my business and for a time all was well.

As I crossed the threshold of the dining room, the thought came to mind that it would be nice to have a couple of cocktails with dinner.

I now remembered what my alcoholic friends had told me, how they prophesied that if I had an alcoholic mind, the time and place would come—I would drink

I knew from that moment that I had an alcoholic mind.

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.

As to two of you men, whose stories I have heard, there is no doubt in my mind that you were 100% hopeless, apart from divine help.

As we felt new power flow in, as we enjoyed peace of mind, as we discovered we could face life successfully, as we became conscious of His presence, we began to lose our fear of today, tomorrow or the hereafter.

This brings to mind a story about one of our friends.

Each might pray about it, having the other one’s happiness uppermost in mind.

What used to be the hunch or the occasional inspiration gradually becomes a working part of the mind.

Talk about the conditions of body and mind which accompany it.

If he is not interested in your solution, if he expects you to act only as a banker for his financial difficulties or a nurse for his sprees, you may have to drop him until he changes his mind.

An alcoholic who cannot meet them, still has an alcoholic mind; there is something the matter with his spiritual status.

These are some of the questions which race through the mind of every woman who has an alcoholic husband.

The seed has been planted in his mind.

But these scrapes can generally be charged, no matter how bad, to the abnormal action of alcohol on his mind.

Perhaps you have such a man in mind.

Whatever the method, its object is to thoroughly clear mind and body of the effects of alcohol.

One instance comes to mind in which a malicious individual was always making friendly little jokes about an alcoholic’s drinking exploits.

What our friend, the vice president, had in mind was the habitual or whoopee drinker.

The man in the bed was told of the acute poisoning from which he suffered, how it deteriorates the body of an alcoholic and warps his mind.