The big book page 568 opinion is ultimately determined by. Tell him you have been worried, though perhaps needlessly. This is the fourth edition of the big book, the basic text for alcoholics anonymous. Alcoholics anonymous, from the title of its own book. Central florida aa and covid19 news and updates central. Edas program of recovery is adapted from the first 164 pages of alcoholics. For them, we hope these pages will prove so convincing that no further authentication will be necessary. The big book page 45 there is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance that principle is contempt prior to investigation. We are a group of men and women who have come together for the purpose of bringing the message and methods of the 12 steps to the bridge, dallas, texas. We, of alcoholics anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body.
The healing group sunday evening big book meeting of aa meeting usually held at mt. When i am disturbed, it is because i find some person, place, thing or situation some fact of my life unacceptable to me, and i can find no serenity until i accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. The big book says we are all friends sharing our experience strength and hope and there are clear responsibilities outlined on page 97 for being a friend in aa. This is the official website of the general service office g. The story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism generally known as the big book because of the thickness of the paper used in the first edition is a 1939 basic text, describing how to recover from alcoholism, primarily written by william g. The higher my expectations of other people are, the lower is my serenity.
As a matter of fact, the word sponsor does not come up in the big book until page 220, and that sponsor never got sober, dying as a drunk. Videos or graphic images may not be downloaded, copied or duplicated without the express written permission of alcoholics anonymous world services, inc. This fourth edition of alcoholics anonymous came off press in november 2001, at the start of a new millennium. New stories have been added to the personal histories. You can search the alcoholics anonymous big book for phrases, key words, etc. The little big red book limited to 4,730 individually numbered copies the same number printed of the first editionfirst printing big book affectionately known as big red. Notwithstanding the great necessity for discussing ourselves with. My serenity is inversely proportional to my expectations. Big book live is hosting online meetings at 7pm on fridays. Taking this book down from our shelf we turn to the page which contains the twelve steps. 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.
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