Preface and Forwards
"The second edition added the appendices, the ______ _____ and the directions for getting in touch with AA.
Twelve Traditions.
Who was the doctor that wrote the letter?
William D Silkworth
Ominous Warning -
Which i failed to head
We, of ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, know thousands of men and women who were once just as hopeless as Bill. Nearly all have ________
recovered
Most of us have been unwilling to admit we were real ___________.
alcoholics
"When writing or speaking publicly about alcoholism, we urge each of our ______ to omit his personal name, designating himself instead as "a member of Alcoholics Anonymous"
Forward to the First Edition
Fellowship
"In the course of his _____ treatment he acquired certain ideas concerning a possible means of recovery.
third
Quote The doggerel
"Here lies a Hampshire Grenadier
Who caught his death
Drinking cold small beer.
A good soldier is ne'er forgot
Whether he dieth by musket
Or by pot."
The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a ______ _________
common solution
All of us felt at times that we were ________ control, but such __________ usually brief were inevitably followed by still less control, which led in time to ______ and ________ __________
regaining
intervals
pitiful incomprehensible demoralization
In that brief space, Alcoholics Anonymous has mushroomed into nearly ______ groups whose membership is far above _______ recovered alcoholics.
Forward to the Second Edition
6,000
150,000
All these, and many others, have one symptom in common:
they cannot start drinking without developing the phenomenon of craving.
Out of this alloy of drink and speculation, I commenced to forge the ______ that one day would turn in its flight like a _________ and all but cut me to ribbons. Living modestly, my wife and I saved ____
weapon
boomerang
$1000
Quote the italic second paragraph on pg 24
The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink. Our so-called will power becomes practically nonexistent. We are unable, at certain times, to bring into our consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the suffering and humiliation of even a week or a month ago. We are without defense against the first drink.
The delusion that we are like other people,
or presently may be, has to be smashed.
"The Twelve Steps that summarize the program may be called ___ ____ _____ in one country, ___ _____ ______ in another, but they trace exactly the same path to recovery that was blazed by the earliest members of Alcoholics Anonymous"
los Doce Pasos
les Douze Etapes
The subject presented in this book seems to me to be of _________ importance to those _________ with _________ _________.
Paramount afflicted
alcoholic addiction
My friend promised when these _____ were done I would enter upon a new relationship with my Creator; that I would have the ________ of a way of living which answered all my problems.
things
elements
We are equally positive that once he takes any alcohol whatever into his ______, something happens, both in the ______ and ______ sense, which makes it virtually impossible for him to stop.
system
bodily
mental
What are some of methods we have tried?
Drinking beer only, limiting thenumber of drinks, never drinking alone, never drinking in the morning, drinkingonly at home, never having it in the house, never drinking during businesshours, drinking only at parties, switching from scotch to brandy, drinking onlynatural wines, agreeing to resign if ever drunk on the job, taking a trip, nottaking a trip, swearing off forever (with and without a solemn oath), taking morephysical exercise, reading inspirational books, going to health farms andsanitariums, accepting voluntary commitment to asylums – we could increasethe list ad infinitum.Ch 3 More About Alcoholism pp 3031
Modem-to- modem or face-to-face, A.A.’s speak the language of the heart in all its _____ and __________.
Power
Simplicity
His alcoholic problem was so complex....
Finish the sentence.
and his depression so great that we felt his only hope would be through what we then called moral psychology and we doubted if even that would have any effect.
These were revolutionary and drastic proposals, but ....
the moment I fully accepted them, the effect was electric.
We were in a position where life was becoming impossible, FINISH THE SENTENCE
and if we had passed into the region from which there is no return through human aid, we had but two alternatives: One was to go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of our intolerable situation as best we could; and the other, to accept spiritual help. This
I went to my hotel and leisurely dressed for dinner. As I crossed the threshold of the dining room the though came to mind that it would be nice to have a couple cocktails with dinner. NEXT THREE SENTENCES
That was all. Nothing more. I ordered a cocktail and my meal.