Admitted
How It Works
1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable.
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Foreword To Second Edition
Other thousands came to a few A.A. meetings and at first decided they didn't want the program. But great numbers of these-about two out three-began to return as time passed.
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We Agnostics
At first some of us tried to avoid the issue, hoping against hope we were not true alcoholics.
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We Agnostics
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 power and direction, provided we took other simple steps.
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Bill's Story
Nevertheless, I still thought I could control the situation, and there were periods of sobriety which renewed my wife's hope. Gradually things got worse.
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There Is A Solution
"A much more important demonstration of our principles lies before us in our respective homes, occupations and affairs."
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Bill's Story
There I humbly offered myself to God, as I then understood Him, to do with me as He would. I placed myself unreservedly under His care and direction. I admitted for the first time that of myself I was nothing; that without Him I was lost.
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How It Works
In this book you read again and again that faith did for us what we could not do for ourselves. We hope you are convinced now that God can remove whatever self-will has blocked you off from Him.
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Into Action
We have been trying to get a new attitude, a new relationship with our Creator, and to discover the obstacles in our path. We have admitted certain defects; we have ascertained in a rough way what the trouble is; we have put our finger on the weak items in our personal inventory. Now these are about to be cast out.
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A Vision For You
It may seem incredible that these men are to become happy, respected, and useful once more. How can they rise out of such misery, bad repute and hopelessness? The practical answer is that since these things have happened among us, they can happen with you.
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The Doctor's Opinion
He had lost everything worthwhile in life and was only living, one might say, to drink. He frankly admitted and believed that for him there was no hope.
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There Is A Solution
Our hope is that many alcoholic men and women, desperately in need, will see these pages, and we believe that is only by fully disclosing ourselves and our problems that they will be persuaded to say, "Yes, I am one of them too; I must have this thing."
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