If you answer these questions satisfactorily, you need have no apprehension. But i will not have the benefit of contact with you who write this book. That feeling of uselessness and selfpity will disappear. You think he ought to know the subject better, as everyone should have a clear understanding of the risk he takes if he drinks. The steps by the big book workbook can be downloaded for free. A vision for you, big book page 164 our book is meant to be suggestive only. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. Read the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions. Perhaps they created the impression that he is to be wrapped in cotton wool and placed on a pedestal.
We believe and hope it contains all you will need to begin. From page 417 of the big book of alcoholics anonymous. Alcoholics anonymous aa is an international mutual aid fellowship with the stated purpose of. I became an unwelcome hangeron at brokerage places. We feel that each family, in the light of their own circumstances, ought to decide for themselves. We are careful never to show intolerance or hatred of drinking as an institution. E, of alcoholics anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. Ask him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The first edition, first printing, april 1939, has 396 numbered pages. Cleaning up old scrapes, helping to settle family differences, explaining the disinherited son to his irate parents, lending money and securing jobs for each other, when justified these are everyday occurrences. You can search the alcoholics anonymous big book for phrases, key words, etc. We suggest you do this as we have done it in the chapter on alcoholism. When i am disturbed, it is because i find some person, place, thing, or situationsome fact of my life unacceptable to me, and i can find no.
This is the fourth edition of the big book, the basic text for alcoholics anonymous. Silkworth big book study aa anonymity statement anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions. I feel its important for a recovering alcoholic to encounter the history of aa because they need to know where aa came from and what made and makes alcoholics anonymous tick. Never in my wildest moments had it occurred to me that i might like to be an. 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. Informally known as the big book with its first 164 pages virtually. Flowchart of events of interest to members of the fellowship of alcoholics anonymous by miles m. Having persevered with the rest of the program, they wondered why they fell. Some day we hope that every alcoholic who journeys will find a fellowship of alcoholics anonymous at his destination. Morning prayer and meditation given we know that the aa program is contained in the first 164 pages of the big book with further good information in the step essays of the 12 steps and 12 traditions book lets now follow the 2nd half of the prayer and meditation instructions found on pages 86, 87 and 88 of the book alcoholics anonymous. To read a pdf version of the fourth edition of alcoholics anonymous click here. Experience shows that such an attitude is not helpful to anyone. Notable quotes from the book alcoholics anonymous, known as the big book in aa. Yet, we believe we can make some definite and valuable suggestions.
Sorting and rendering passages in the proprietary format of the 164 and more concordance does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either alcoholics. They took inventory all right, but hung on to some of the worst items in stock. Linked with the permission of alcoholics anonymous world services, inc. Acceptance is the answer story page 407 soberrecovery. Why good addiction centers connect clients to aa or na. Convincing testimony must surely come from medical men who have had experience with the sufferings of our members and have witnessed our return to health. This steps by the big book workbook is for those who are willing to grow along spiritual lines 60. It says in the big book on page 19, we have concluded to publish an anonymous volume setting forth the. Box 31, washingtonville, 109920031 ny alcoholics anonymous big book study group note. Chapter 3 more about alcoholism m ost of ushave been unwilling to admit we were real alcoholics. Hurt in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and 12.
But be sure you are on solid spiritual ground before you start and that your motive in going is thoroughly good. Its main object is to enable you to find a power greater than yourself which will solve your problem. Acceptance was the answer the physician wasnt hooked, he thoughthe just prescribed drugs medically indicated for his many ailments. New stories have been added to the personal histories. Steps by the big book step 5 steps by the big book. We will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given us without any thought or effort on our part. The text of the 1st 164 pages of alcoholics anonymous.
Alcoholics anonymous big book audio read aloud youtube. But life among alcoholics anonymous is more than attending gatherings and visiting hospitals. Steps by the big book step 4 resentments steps by the. Our goal is to study the steps as a friendly, focused group, and work them as the authors of the big book described. Bathtub gin, two bottles a day, and often three, got to be routine. A portion of chapter 5 of the big book, pages 58, 59 and 60. This excerpt of the alcoholics anonymous big book lets you get your hands on pages that could help you. We have seen men get well whose families have not returned at all.
Prayer is the raising of the heart and mind to godand in this sense it includes meditation. For them, we hope these pages prove so convincing that no further authentication will be. It works, if we have the proper attitude and work at it. Reliance in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and 12. The following is a list of the 40 musts from the big book. Step 4 big book alcoholics anonymous chapter 5, pp 63. Give him an account of the struggles you made to stop. Aa speaker turn our will and our lives over to the care of god new 20 duration. The story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism generally known as the big book is a 1939 basic text, describing how to recover from alcoholism, written by the founders of alcoholics anonymous aa, bill w.
With it we can broaden and deepen the channel between ourselves and god as we understand him. Pages 1 164 unofficial large print ebook alcoholics anonymous screen 1 of 703. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. The original 1939 edition is a must have for anyone who has a passion for the history of alcoholics anonymous. Perhaps you enjoy drinking with him yourself when he doesnt go too far. We think the reason is that they never completed their housecleaning. The page 552 prayer to end resentments sober catholic. Tell him you have been worried, though perhaps needlessly. Faced with this problem, if a doctor is honest with himself, he must sometimes. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us.
This book is the shared experience of the fellowship of narcotics anonymous. Table talk from an old study pamphlet from the early years of a. The page 552 prayer to end resentments posted by paulcoholic on 24 august 2014, 6. They did a line by line study of the first 103 pages. Alcoholics anonymous an interpretation of our twelve steps. The big book of alcoholics anonymous the world famous eye. The 164 and more book, ebook, and web site are all concordances which display passages from the big book alcoholics anonymous, the twelve steps and twelve traditions, and the a. Quotes from alcoholics anonymous minnesota recovery page. Steps by the big book is a nocharge website for people in recovery from alcohol and drugs and other addictions who wish to study the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous aa as part of a friendly, focused group, and work them according to the big book, alcoholics anonymous.
My purpose is to make the text of the big book available to anyone in the u. Big book, page 164 while the program is considered a suggested method for dealing with the disease of alcoholism, there are places within the big book where the authors used the word must. Sometimes a small deal would net a few hundred dollars, and i would pay my bills at the bars. To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book.
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