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Original Big Book Stories from the First Edition These are the original stories as they appeared in the first printing of the first edition of the Big Book. Each story has the author's name and where they first got sober or where they were from. On page 29 of the Big Book, it says, "EachForeword To Second Edition. 691 views 1 aa. Foreword To Second Edition. *Fourteenth Printing, 1973. Since the original Foreward to this book was written in 1939, a wholesale miracle has taken place. Our earliest printing voiced the hope “that every alcoholic who journeys will find the Fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous at his destination.The US AA site allows you to download individual chapters at a time in pdf format. Home > Media > Media > Resources > The Big Book The Big Book - you will be redirected to the US AA site.Step Eleven. “Sought through prayer and meditation to im-prove our conscious contact with God as we un-derstood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.”. scious contact with God. We A.A.’s are active folk, enjoying the satisfactions of dealing with the realities of life, usually for the first ...563. The Twelve Traditions. (The Long Form) Our A.A. experience has taught us that: 1.—Each member of Alcoholics Anonymous is but a small part of a great whole. A.A. must continue to live or most of us will surely die. Hence our common welfare comes first. But individual welfare follows close after-ward.F or eighteen years, from the time I was twenty-one, fear governed my life. By the time. was thirty, I had found that alcohol dissolved fear— for a little while. In the end I had two problems instead of one: fear and alcohol. came from a good family. I believe the sociolo -gists would call it upper middle class.MY CHANCE TO LIVE. A.A. gave this teenager the tools to climb out of her dark abyss of despair. I came through the doors of Alcoholics Anony-mous at age seventeen, a walking contradiction. On the outside, I was the portrait of a rebellious teenager, with miles of attitude to spare. On the in-side, I was suicidal, bloodied, and beaten.GUTTER BRAVADO. Alone and unemployable, he was given two options by the court, get help or go to jail, and his journey toward teachability began. I was born in a major midwestern city at the tail end of the baby boom. My parents were not well-to-do, but they were employed and pursuing the American dream in the mid-1950s.Our Twelve Steps to recovery are suggestions; the Twelve Traditions which guarantee A.A.’s unity contain not a single “Don’t.”. They repeatedly say “We ought...” but nev-er “You must!”. To many minds all this liberty for the individual spells sheer anarchy. Every newcomer, every friend who looks at. Download or order the PDF version of the Big Book, the basic text of A.A. that has helped millions recover from alcoholism since 1939. The PDF contains the original Twelve Steps, the personal histories of A.A.'s co-founders and new stories. Step Eleven. “Sought through prayer and meditation to im-prove our conscious contact with God as we un-derstood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.”. scious contact with God. We A.A.’s are active folk, enjoying the satisfactions of dealing with the realities of life, usually for the first ...164 and More is offered as a book; carry this powerful tool and locate passages in seconds. The book is ideal for sessions with your sponsor or sponsees, as well as Big Book and 12&12 study groups. 164 and More can help you locate passages from the AA literature that keep you on the path. Why not order a copy or two for use by your home group?F or eighteen years, from the time I was twenty-one, fear governed my life. By the time. was thirty, I had found that alcohol dissolved fear— for a little while. In the end I had two problems instead of one: fear and alcohol. came from a good family. I believe the sociolo -gists would call it upper middle class.BILL’S STORY. W ar fever ran high in the New England town to which we new, young officers from Platts-burg were assigned, and we were flattered when the first citizens took us to their homes, making us feel heroic. Here was love, applause, war; moments sub-lime with intervals hilarious.

learned from my own experience, from the Big Book, and from my friends in A.A.—patience, acceptance, honesty, humility, and true faith in a Power greater. than myself—are the tools I use today to live my life, this precious life. Today my life is filled with miracles big and small, not one of which would ever have come to pass had I.This, compounded by the fear of not being good enough, was a lot of pressure for a lit-tle girl. Everything changed with my first drink at the age of sixteen. All the fear, shyness, and disease evap-orated with that first burning swallow of bourbon. 328. straight from the bottle during a liquor cabinet raid at a slumber party.20 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS more useful to others. Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs. You may already have asked yourself why it is that all of us became so very ill from drinking. Doubtless you are curious to discover how and why, in the faceClick on the links below for free versions of A.A.-approved literature. Daily Reflection · Download free PDF of the “Big Book” of Alcoholics Anonymous.

WE, OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, know thousands of men and women who were once just as hopeless as Bill. Nearly all have recovered. They have solved the drink problem. We are average Americans. All sections of this country and many of its occupations are represented, as well as many political, economic, social, and religious backgrounds.Step Three. “Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.”. PRACTICING Step Three is like the opening of a door which to all appearances is still closed and locked. All we need is a key, and the decision to swing the door open. There is only one key, and it is called willingness.GROUNDED. Alcohol clipped this pilot’s wings until sobriety and hard work brought him back to the sky. am an alcoholic. I am part Comanche Indian and grew up poor but in a ……

Reader Q&A - also see RECOMMENDED ARTICLES & FAQs. Reprinted from page 164 of the Big Book of Alcoholic Anony. Possible cause: This book tells the story of Bill W., one of the co-founders of A.A., and how.