Jul 17, 2019 the book alcoholics anonymous, affectionately known by members as the big book, is the textbook for the original 12step recovery program now known by the same name. You can search the alcoholics anonymous big book for phrases, key words, etc. On awakening let us think about the twentyfour hours ahead. Some of the promises are directly associated with completion of a step. The following is a list ofapproximately 150 promises that i compiled from the first edition of the big book. The steps helped each of the cofounders of aa in their own recovery from alcoholism and have continued to help countless.
We have a written inventory and we are pre pared for a long talk. The aa promises are found on pages 8384 of chapter 6, into action in alcoholics anonymous, also known as the big book written by bill. Reprinted from the big book of alcoholics anonymous with permission of a. Marty mann 19041980 wrote the chapter women suffer too in the second through fourth editions of the big book. Alcoholics anonymous is often referred to as a 12step program, and aa is the basis for many other 12step programs that have been established. Meetings can be found on page 83 84, of the big book, alcoholics anonymous. It works, if we have the proper attitude and work at it. There are, however, additional promises in the big book. The book is published by alcoholics anonymous world services and is available through aa offices and meetings, as well as through booksellers. Many of us have heard of the ninth step promises from page 83 84 of the big book of alcoholics anonymous. Ask him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. Aa morning meditation big book pages 86,87 and 88 explained.
Aa recovered alcoholics anonymous aa11 6,110 views 43. A blog dedicated to discussion of the program of alcoholics anonymous as found in the twelve and twelve and first 164 pages of the big book alcoholics anonymous. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. Aa promises the aa big book 12step promises of recovery. Alcoholics anonymous big book audio read aloud youtube. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. Alcoholics anonymous big book 4th edition aa world services, inc. My sponsor suggested i type it up and put it somewhere in the house where i see it all the time. Ceasedfightingpg84 this is one of my favorite lines from the big book. Because this book has become the basic text for our society and has helped such large numbers of alcoholic men and women to recovery, there exists strong.
A vision for you, big book page 164 our book is meant to be suggestive only. The page 552 prayer to end resentments sober catholic. The big book of alcoholics anonymous, also referred to as alcoholics anonymous. According to the writer of that big book chapter, they had held a deep resentment towards someone. Mar 26, 2012 given we know that the aa program is contained in the first 164 pages of the big book with further good information in the step essays of the 12 steps and 12 traditions book lets now follow the 2nd half of the prayer and meditation instructions found on pages 86, 87 and 88 of the book alcoholics anonymous big book page 87. Here you will experience much historical and related information on the subject of alcoholics anonymous and alcoholics anonymous history. No thought or effort on my part thats the miracle of it. Promises if we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. The promises from pages 8384 of the big book of alcoholics. The big book of alcoholics anonymous the world famous eye. The story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism, is a collection of texts used by members of the alcoholics anonymous fellowship.
Taking this book down from our shelf we turn to the page which contains the. If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before. The 4th edition 2001 is also freely available online. Alcoholics anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. The anonymous press is not affiliated with alcoholics anonymous world services, inc. At the moment we are try ing to put our lives in order. The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. Chapter 6 into action of the big book contains the 9th step promises which describes the 12 step program of alcoholics anonymous.
Because this book has become the basic text for our society and has helped such large numbers of alcoholic men and women to recovery, there exists a sentiment. Since the first edition appeared, in 1939, it has helped millions of men and women recover from alcoholism. When we decide who is to hear our story, we waste no time. In their minds, when reading these promises, many oa members substitute the words alcohol liquor and alcoholic with the words food and compulsive eater, but in respect for the wishes of alcoholics anonymous, we repost these words verbatim from the big book. 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. Be fore we begin, we ask god to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from selfpity, dishonest or selfseeking motives. Alcoholics anonymous word serenity and we will know peace.
Monday, february, 2012 aas evening meditation pages 86,87 and 88 explained step 11. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. The promises of alcoholics anonymous extract from page 83 of alcoholics anonymous chapter 6 if we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. Officially begun on december 12th, 2000, is now in its eighteenth year and is one of the largest sites of its type in the world a repository, archive, you might say, of alcoholics anonymous.
Resentment in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and 12. The ninth step promises can be found through pages 8384 in the big book of alcoholics anonymous. This is the fourth edition of the big book, the basic text for alcoholics anonymous. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness, we will not regret the past, nor wish to shut the door on it. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can. Mar 28, 2017 aa recovered alcoholics anonymous aa11 6,110 views 43. I feel its important for a recovering alcoholic to encounter the history of aa because they need to know where aa came from and what made and makes alcoholics anonymous tick.
Home read the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions alcoholics anonymous alcoholics anonymous this is the fourth edition of the big book, the basic text for alcoholics anonymous. Many of us have heard of the ninth step promises from page 8384 of the big book of alcoholics anonymous. Acceptance i know some people get really tired of the big book quotes. This is the second edition of the book alcoholics anonymous, which made its first appearance in april 1939. It is seldom wise to approach an individual, who still. It is the basic text of the fellowship of alcoholics anonymous, and has helped large numbers of alcoholic men and women, young and old, recover. These 12 steps are outlined in chapter 5, how it works, of the big book. From pages 8384 of the big book of alcoholics anonymous. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. It would be easy to be vague about this sees it, pg. A vision for you, big book page 164 alcoholics anonymous. More than 300,000 copies of the first edition are now in circulation.
The promises of alcoholics anonymous page 83 of the big book. The big book study movement is outside of the structure of alcoholics anonymous in ireland. The nineth step promises big book alcoholics anonymous. Aa speaker turn our will and our lives over to the care of god new 20 duration. There are, however, additional promises in the big. The 9th step promises of alcoholics anonymous wayside house. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. Alcoholics anonymous aa promises the rewards of recovery the aa promises are found on pages 8384 of chapter 6, into action in alcoholics anonymous, also known as the big book written by bill wilson and dr. From pages 83 84 of the big book of alcoholics anonymous if we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are halfway through.
Alcoholics anonymous discussion blog by an alcoholic for. The publication of this book has not been authorized or endorsed by, and does not imply affiliation with alcoholics anonymous world services, inc. I must turn in all things to the father of light who presides over us all. More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. The first section of the big book of alcoholics anonymous has not changed or been revised in any of the four editions. The big book promises all of them, so far friends of bill w.