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War fever ran high in the New England town to which we new, young officers from Plattsburg were assigned, and we were flattered when the first citizens took us to their homes, making us feel more heroic.  | |
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But there is One who has all power--that One is God. May you find Him now. p. 59 My friend suggested what then seemed a novel idea. He said, 'Why don't you choose your own conception of God?' That statement hit me hard. It melted the icy intellectual mountain in whose shadow I had lived and shivered many years. I stood in the sunlight at last. p. 12 ...they cannot start drinking without developing the phenomenon of craving. This phenomenon, as we have suggested, may be the manifestation of an allergy which differentiates these people, and sets them apart as a distinct entity. p.xviii There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-- that principle is contempt prior to investigation. Herbert Spencer p. 570 They are restless irritable and discontented, unless they can again experience the sense of ease and comfort which comes at once by taking a few drinks--drinks which they see others taking with impunity Here are the steps we took which are suggested as a program of recovery. p 59 ...many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest. 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 your find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny.
May God bless you and keep you--until then. We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. To show other alcoholics 'precisely how we have recovered' {'...' italicized} is the main purpose of this book. p. xiii Foreword to the First Edition | |
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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 the Road of Happy Destiny.
May God bless you and keep you--until then. p. 164 (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.) | |
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▾Common Knowledge (short form) | Original publication date | 1939 | | People/Characters | Bill W., Dr. Bob, Roland H., Ebbie, Carl Jung, William D. Silkworth M.D. (show all 12), Herbert Spencer, Dr. Harry M. Tiebout, Edward Dowling, S.J. {Father Ed}, John D. Rockefeller Jr.,, Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, Lois W. | | Important places | Towns Hospital, New York, New York, USA, Akron, Ohio, USA | | Important events | Dr. Bob takes his last drink {June 10 1935}, Bill W. goes to Akron, Ebbie visits Bill, Bill visits Akron, Bill meets Dr. Bob {Mother's Day May 1935}, Roland H. visits Dr. Jung | | Awards and honors | HarperCollins 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Century | | First words | War fever ran high in the New England town to which we new, young officers from Plattsburg were assigned, and we were flattered when the first citizens took us to their homes, making us feel more heroic. | | Quotations | But there is One who has all power--that One is God. May you find Him now. p. 59, My friend suggested what then seemed a novel idea. He said, 'Why don't you choose your own conception of God?' That statement hit me hard. It melted the icy intellectual mountain in whose shadow I had lived and shivered ma... (show all)ny years. I stood in the sunlight at last. p. 12, ...they cannot start drinking without developing the phenomenon of craving. This phenomenon, as we have suggested, may be the manifestation of an allergy which differentiates these people, and sets them apart as a distinct e... (show all)ntity. p.xviii, There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-- that principle is contempt prior to investigation. Herbert Spencer p. 570, They are restless irritable and discontented, unless they can again experience the sense of ease and comfort which comes at once by taking a few drinks--drinks which they see others taking with impunity, Here are the steps we took which are suggested as a program of recovery. p 59, ...many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest., 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 your find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the S... (show all)pirit, and you will surely meet some us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny.
May God bless you and keep you--until then. , We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. To show other alcoholics 'precisely how we have recovered' {'...' italicized} is the m... (show all)ain purpose of this book. p. xiii Foreword to the First Edition | | Last words | (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)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 the Road of Happy Destiny.
May God bless you and keep you--until then. p. 164 |
▾LibraryThing members' description ▾Book descriptions Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0916856186, Paperback)
It's more than a book. It's a way of life. Alcoholics Anonymous-The Big Book--has served as a lifeline to millions worldwide. First published in 1939, Alcoholics Anonymous sets forth cornerstone concepts of recovery from alcoholism and tells the stories of men and women who have overcome the disease. With publication of the second edition in 1955, the third edition in 1976, and now the fourth edition in 2001, the essential recovery text has remained unchanged while personal stories have been added to reflect the growing and diverse fellowship. The long-awaited fourth edition features 24 new personal stories of recovery. Key features and benefits
·the most widely used resource for millions of individuals in recovery
·contains full, original text describing the A.A. program
·updated with 24 new personal stories (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:55 -0400) (see all 2 descriptions) ▾Open Shelves Classification The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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