The Roman Numerals
What years did the first, second, and third editions of the big book get published?
first edition 1939
second edition 1955
third edition 1976
Page XI
what are the three types of drinkers?
Moderate, Hard, Real Alcoholic
Page 20 and 21
Finish the statement:
But the actual or potential alcoholic, with hardly and exception, will be---
absolutely unable to stop drinking on the basis of self-knowlegde
Page 39
What is our dilemma?
And what is the main object of this book?
DOUBLE POINTS if answered TRIPLE POINTS if stolen
Lack of power
To enable you to find a power greater than yourself which will solve your problem.
Page 45
On what page and what are the 3 requirements for step 3?
1st- we had to be convinced that any life run on self-will can hardly be a success Page 60
2nd- we had to quit playing God Page 62
3rd- We thought well before taking this step making sure we were ready; that we could at last abandon ourselves utterly to him Page 63
Fill in the blank:
Each day, somewhere in the world, recovery begins when one alcoholic talks to another alcoholic, sharing _________, ___________, ________.
Experience
Strength
Hope
Page XXII
Where does the main problem of the alcoholic center?
the mind
Page 23
What is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker?
The idea that somehow, someday, that he will control and enjoy his drinking
Page 30
On what page and what are diagnostic questions?
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
Page 44
Practical Experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics
Page 89
Define in your own words the following:
Epoch
Frothy Emotional Appeal
Impunity
100 points per correct definition, 200 when stolen
Epoch- a period of time marked special by something
Impunity- without consequence
Frothy Emotional Appeal- if you loved your kids you would get clean, something playing on your emotions
found on pages XXVI, XXIX, XXVIII
Finish this statement:
We were in a position where life was becoming impossible, and if we had passed into the region form which there is no return from human aid, we had but two alternatives:
One was to go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of our intolerable situation the best we could; and the other, to accept spiritual help
Page 25
Fill in the Blank:
Though there is no was of proving it, we believe that early in our drinking career most of us could have ______ ________. But the difficulty is that few alcoholics have enough ________ to stop while there is yet _______.
DOUBLE POINTS if answered TRIPLE POINTS if stolen
Stopped Drinking
Desire
Time
Page 32
Being a prey to misery and depression, having a feeling of uselessness, and being full of fear are examples of what?
The bedevilments
Page 52
Both you and the new man must walk day by day in the path of spiritual progress.If you persist remarkable things will happen. When we look back, we realize that things which came to us when we put ourselves in God's hands were better than anything we could have planned
Page 100
On what page and what is the main purpose of the big book?
To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered
Page XIII
What tragic situation arrives in practically every case of alcoholism long before it is suspected?
DOUBLE POINTS if answered TRIPLE POINTS if stolen
At a certain point in the drinking of every alcoholic, he passes into a state where the most powerful desire to stop drinking is of absolutely no avail
Page 24
If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be what?
No reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol
Page 33
What is alcohol in three words?
DOUBLE POINT if answered TRIPLE POINTS if stolen
Cunning, Baffling, and Powerful
Page 58 and 59
On what page are the instructions for a 10th step AND what are the 5 action words in the correct order, for a proper 10th step?
TRIPLE POINTS IF ANSWERED WITHOUT A BOOK.
Page 84
Watch Ask Discuss Amends Turn
Finish this sentence:
In this statement he confirms what we who have suffered alcoholic torture must believe---
DOUBLE POINTS if answered TRIPLE POINTS if stolen
That the body of the alcoholic is quite as abnormal as his mind
Page XXVI
What three things does the process require for successful consummation of a solution?
Self-Searching
Leveling of pride
confession of shortcoming
Page 25
What is the baffling feature of alcoholism as we know it?
This utter inability to leave it alone, no matter how great the necessity or the wish
Page 34
Fill in the blank:
When we became alcoholics, crushed by an _____-_____ crisis we could not __________ or _____, we had to fearlessly face the ___________ that either God is everything or else he is nothing
Self-Imposed crisis
Postpone
Evade
Proposition
Page 53
Cling to the thought that in God's hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have--- the key to life and happiness for others. With it you can advert death and misery for them
Page 124