It is the basic text of the fellowship of alcoholics anonymous, and has helped large numbers of alcoholic men and women, young and old, recover as of december 2009, 30,664,881 copies of the big book have been sold or otherwise distributed source aa gso ny. They took inventory all right, but hung on to some of the worst items in stock. No thought or effort on my part thats the miracle of it. We are not fighting it, neither are we avoiding temptation. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. Taking this book down from our shelf we turn to the page which contains the twelve steps. See i had a born again exp and lost the obsession to drink my first attempt with my sponsor six. A simple guide that works with the big book to make step work fast, concise. Home read the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions alcoholics anonymous alcoholics anonymous this is the fourth edition of the big book, the basic text for alcoholics anonymous. You can search the alcoholics anonymous big book for phrases, key words, etc. I earnestly advise every alcoholic to read this book through, and though perhaps he came to scoff, he may remain to pray. The big book of alcoholics anonymous the world famous eye. We will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given us without any thought or effort on our part. We think the reason is that they never completed their housecleaning.
Be fore we begin, we ask god to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from selfpity, dishonest or selfseeking motives. Aa the original way 12 step guide aa the original way group. On awakening let us think about the twentyfour hours ahead. Having persevered with the rest of the program, they wondered why they fell.
No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can. That feeling of uselessness and selfpity will disappear. Aa speakers joe and charlie more about alcoholism the big book comes alive duration. Under these conditions we can employ our mental faculties. This excerpt of the alcoholics anonymous big book lets you get your hands on pages that could help you with alcohol addiction. Alcoholics anonymous the big book pages 1 164 boardprep. Notwithstanding the great necessity for discussing ourselves with.
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