From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... reading.
BB p.180,
Doctor Bob's Nightmare
2.
... reading chapters
two and three, where the ...
BB p.140,
To Employers
If this presents difficulty, re-reading chapters two and three, where the alcoholic sickness is discussed at length might
be worth while.
3.
... reading inspirational
books, going to health farms ...
BB p.31,
More About Alcoholism
Here are some of the methods we have tried: Drinking beer only, limiting the number of drinks, never drinking alone, never drinking in the morning, drinking only at
home, never having it in the
house, never drinking during business hours, drinking only at parties,
switching from scotch
to brandy, drinking only
natural wines, agreeing to resign if ever drunk on the job, taking a trip, not taking a trip, swearing off forever (with and without a
solemn oath), taking more physical exercise, reading inspirational books, going to health farms and sanitariums, accepting voluntary commitment to asylums --
we could increase the list
ad infinitum.
4.
... reading one
of the forty-two personal stories ...
BB xii,
Preface
If you have a drinking problem, we hope that you may
pause in reading one of the forty-two personal stories and think: "Yes, that happened to me"; or,
more important, "Yes, I've felt like that"; or, most important, "Yes, I believe this program can work for me too."
5.
... reading or
meditation.
12&12 p.103,
Step Eleven
If at these points our emotional disturbance
happens to be great, we will more surely keep our balance, provided we remember, and repeat to ourselves, a particular prayer or phrase that has appealed to
us in our reading or meditation.
6.
... reading, shows
that the personality change sufficient ...
BB p.567(569),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
The terms "spiritual experience" and "spiritual awakening"
are used many times in this book which, upon careful reading, shows that the personality change sufficient to bring about
recovery from alcoholism has manifested itself among us in many different forms.
7.
... reading the
book "Alcoholics Anonymous," we usually ...
12&12 p.83,
Step Nine
After coming from our first meeting, or perhaps after we have finished reading the book "Alcoholics Anonymous," we usually want to sit down with some member of the family and readily admit the damage we have done by our drinking.
8.
... reading the
book once more.
BB p.113,
To Wives
9.
... reading the
first five proposals we ask ...
BB p.75,
Into Action
Carefully reading the first five proposals we ask if we have
omitted anything, for
we are building an arch through which we shall walk a free man at last.
10.
... reading this
book, a junior executive can ...
BB p.147,
To Employers
After reading this book, a junior executive can go to such a man and say approximately this,
"Look here, Ed.
11.
... reading this
book in manuscript form told ...
BB p.133,
The Family Afterward
One of the many doctors who had the opportunity of reading
this book in manuscript
form told us that the use of sweets was often helpful, of course depending upon a doctor's advice.
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