PREFACE/
FORWARD
FORWARD
The first Big Book was published in this year
What is 1939?
Restless, Irritable and discontented
What are the 3 words Dr. Silkworth used to describe the alcoholic before the drink
22
How old was Bill W. when he returned home a veteran of foreign wars?
His mind
Where is the main problem of the alcoholic centered?
An alcoholic can never become this type of drinker
What is a normal drinker?
Cleveland, 1950
Where and when was the first international conference held?
Phenomenon of craving
According to Dr. Silkworth, why can't an alcoholic stop drinking?
Money from her slender purse
What did Bill W. steal from his wife?
When our willpower becomes practically nonexistent we have lost......
What is "defense against the first drink"?
"Once a ______, always a _______"
What is alcoholic?
Where and when Alcoholics Anonymous began
What is Akron, Ohio 1935
"Although he came to scoff, he may remain to pray"
What is according to Dr. Silkworth, this is what an alcoholic might do after reading the Big Book?
Willingness, honesty, humility
What are the 3 things to ensure Bill W's sobriety?
A beginning
What is "the elimination of our drinking"?
An alcoholic's defense
What is "higher power"?
The number of personal stories in the Big Book 4th edition
What is 42?
The effect produced by alchohol
What is the reason alcoholics drink?
Bill W's master
What is alcohol?
The person who "has found this solution, who is properly armed with facts about himself, can generally win the entire confidence of another alcoholic in a few hours."
Who is the ex-problem drinker?
The great obsession of every abnormal drinker
What is "The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking"?
Yes that happened to me
Yes I've felt like that
Yes I believe this program can work for me
What is the purpose of the personal stories?
Psychic change
What must an alcoholic experience in order to arrest this disease?
Heart failure during delirium tremens or wet brain
What did the doctors tell Bill W's wife he would die of within a year?
The tremendous fact for every one of us
What is "we have found a common solution"?
The first step in recovery
What is "to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics"?