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“I do not hold with those who believe that alcoholism is entirely a problem of mental control. I have had many men who had, for example, worked a period of months on some problem or business deal which has to be settled on a certain date, favorably to them. They took a drink a day [...]
Continue Reading →“We needed to ask ourselves but one short question. “Do I believe, or am I even willing to believe, that there is a Power greater than myself?” As soon as a man can say that he does believe, or is willing to believe, we emphatically assure him that he is on his way. It has [...]
Continue Reading →“Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge [...]
Continue Reading →“We have shown how we got out from under. You say, “Yes, I’m willing. But am I to be consigned to a life where I shall be stupid, boring and glum, like some righteous people I see? I know I must get along without liqour, but how can I? Have you a sufficient substitute?
Yes, [...]
Continue Reading →“Now and then a serious drinker, being dry at the moment says, “I don’t miss it at all. Feel better. Work better. Having a better time.” As ex-problem drinkers, we smile at such a sally. We know our friend is like a boy whistling in the dark to keep up his spirits. He fools himself. [...]
Continue Reading →“The less people tolerated us, the more we withdrew from society, from life itself. As we became subjects of King Alcohol, shivering denizens of his mad realm, the chilling vapor that is loneliness settled down. It thickened, ever becoming blacker.
Some of us sought out sordid places, hoping to find understanding companionship and approval. [...]
Continue Reading →“Once more: The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental against the first drink. Except in a few rear cases, neither he or any other human being can provide such a defense. His defens must come from a Higher Power.
Reprinted from The Big Book, Page 43, with permission of AA World Service, Inc.
Continue Reading →“We have spent thousands of dollars for examinations. We know but few instances where we have given doctors a fair break. We have seldom told them the whole truth nor have we followed their advice. Unwilling to be honest with these sympathetic men, we were honest with no one else.
Small wonder many in [...]
Continue Reading →“So we think cheerfulness and laughter make for usefulness. Outsiders are sometimes shocked when we burst into merriment over a seemingly tragic experience out of the past. But why should we not laugh? We have recovered, and have been given the power to help others.”
Reprinted from The Big Book, Page 132, with permission of [...]
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