SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE
If you have a drinking problem we hope that you may pause when reading one of the forty-two personal stories and think?
What is Yes that happened to me or more important yes I felt like that or most important yes I believe this program can work for me too.
We have written a book which we believe to be?
What is Spiritual as well as Moral
Who was the psychiatrists from the story in there is a solution?
What is Dr. Jung
The chances are we alcoholics seem to have what kind of relationship trouble?
What is Domestic
We know that no real alcoholic ever recovers THIS?
What is control
What terms are used many times in the Big Book
What is Spiritual Experience and Spiritual Awakening
In the chapter WE Agnostics what is the clear distinction between the alcoholic and the non-alcoholic?
What is if when you honestly want to you find you cannot quit entirely or if when drinking you have little control over the amount you take you are probably alcoholic
When reading the personal stories in the back of the book our hope is that they would be persuaded to say this ?
What is Yes I am one of them too I must have this thing
What did we admit were objectionable?
What is Character defects or short comings
Why do we doubt that young people can stop drinking on their own will power?
What is because none of them will really want to stop
What is described in the first few chapters
What is A number of sudden revolutionary changes
As soon as we admitted the possible existence of a creative intelligence a spirit of the universe underlying the totality of things we began to be possessed of a new sense of what?
What is power and direction
The distinguished American psychologist William James in this book indicates a multitude of ways in which men have discovered God
What is Varieties of religious experience
He is going to be more interested in a demonstration of _____ _______ than in our talk of spiritual discoveries
What is good will
In some instances there has been brief recovery but this was followed with WHAT?
What is still worse relapse.
What did William James call spiritual experiences in Appendix II
What is Educational variety
What do those who have traveled this dubious path beg us to lay aside?
What is Prejudice
But what about the real alcoholic? He may start off as a moderate drinker he may or may not become a continuous hard drinker but at some stage of his drinking career he begins WHAT?
What is to lose all control of his liquor consumption
When we decide who is to hear our story we do WHAT?
What is Waste no time
What is : absolutely unable to stop drinking on the basis of self knowledge .
What profound alteration was described in spiritual experience
What is in his reaction to life
In this respect alcohol was this?
What is a great persuader
The fact is that most alcoholics for reasons yet obscure have lost THIS?
What is the power of choice in drink
Our design for living is not WHAT?
What is A one way street
Whatever the precise definition of the word may be we call this
What is Plain insanity