1st STEP
We are without defense against this..
What is : the first drink
WE, OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, know thousands of men and women who were once just as hopeless as Bill. Nearly all have recovered. They have solved the ________ ______.
What is: Drink Problem.
Fred's Story-
Though I had been only a nominal churchman, their proposals were not, intellectually, hard to swallow. But the program of action, though entirely sensible, was pretty _________.
What is: drastic
The _______ and the _______ were not for us. They may be the dubious luxury of normal men, but for alcoholics these things are poison.
What is: The Grouch and The Brainstorm.
Well, that's exactly what this book is about. Its main object is to enable you to find a Power greater than yourself which will....
What is: solve your problem
Our so-called will power becomes______________
What is: practically nonexistent.
Further on________ _________ are given showing how we recovered
What is clear cut directions
Jim failed to enlarge his
What is Spiritual Life
The first requirement is that we be convinced that any life run on ____-_____ can hardly be a success.
What is: Self-Will.
Much to our relief, we discovered we did not need to consider another's __________ of God.
What is: conception
Therefore, the main problem of the alcoholic centers in his mind, ____________________.
Finish this sentence: Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we...
What is: may help meet their needs.
We are convinced to a man that alcoholics of our type are in the grip of a _________ ____________.
What is: progressive illness.
The Fabric of our existence was shot through with this...
What is : Fear
What is: Slow
The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of _______ in drink.
What is: choice
The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a _______ __________.
What is: Common Solution
No person likes to think he is bodily and mentally different from his _________.
What is: fellows.
No one among us has been able to maintain anything like perfect adherence to these...
What is: principles.
When we saw others solve their problems by a simple reliance upon the _______ __ ____ _______, we had to stop doubting the power of God.
What is: Spirit of the Universe
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 __________ help.
What is: spiritual
These are lad at our feet...
What is : the simple kit of spiritual tools
The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great ________ of every abnormal drinker.
What is: obsession.
This is the how and the why of it. First of all, we had to quit playing...
What is: God.
If that be the case, you may be suffering from an illness which only a __________ ________ will conquer.
What is: spiritual experience