The Big Book chapter, A Family Afterward, pg 133, makes it very clear we should seek outside help
with Psychological, Medical and other issues of "various kinds". "Now about health: A body badly burned by alcohol does not often recover overnight nor do twisted thinking and depression vanish in a twinkling. We are convinced that a spiritual mode of living is a most powerful health restorative. We, who have recovered from serious drinking, are miracles of mental health. But we have seen remarkable transformations in our bodies. Hardly one of our crowd now shows any mark of dissipation. But this does not mean that we disregard human health measures. God has abundantly supplied this world with fine doctors, psychologists, and practitioners of various kinds. Do not hesitate to take your health problems to such persons. Most of them give freely of themselves, that their fellows may enjoy sound minds and bodies. Try to remember that though God has wrought miracles among us, we should never belittle a good doctor or psychiatrist. Their services are often indispensable in treating a newcomer and in following his case afterward." Emphasis: "Their services are often indispensable in treating a newcomer and in following his case afterward." This above pamphlet makes the same point as the Big Book although the pamphlet is more current and has some great extra information. Two of the main points:
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