Big Book A
The body of the alcoholic is quite as abnormal as his ___________________________ .
What is the: (mind)
In what part of the book is an ice cream flavor mentioned?
To Wives (rocky road)
More often than not, it is imperative that a man’s _____________________ be cleared before
he is approached, as he has then a better chance of understanding and accepting what we have
to offer.
What is: Brain
(Alcoholics) are restless, irritable and discontented unless they can again experience the sense
of ease and comfort which comes at once by ______________________ .
What is : taking a few drinks
These men were not drinking to escape; they were drinking to overcome a
_______________________ beyond their mental control.
What is : Craving
Once a psychic change has occurred, the very same person who seemed doomed finds himself
easily able to __________________ .
What is : control his desire for alcohol
What does it mean to be boiled as an owl?
very intoxicated (drunk)
In nearly all cases, their ideals must be grounded in ______________________ if they are to
recreate their lives.
What is : a power greater than themselves
After they have succumbed to the desire again, as so many do, and the phenomenon of
______________________ develops, they pass through the well-knowns stages of a spree,
emerging remorseful, with a firm resolution not to drink again.
What is : Craving
… there are types entirely normal in every respect except in the effect ________________ has
on them.
What is : Alcohol
The doctor’s theory that we have an __________________________ to alcohol interests us.
What is a (allergy)
Page 69
We believe that the action of alcohol on these chronic alcoholics is a manifestation of an
____________________ .
What is : Allergy
… unless this person can experience an entire __________________________ there is very little
hope of his recovery.
What is : psychic change
The only relief we have to suggest is entire ____________________ .
What is : abstinence
One feels that something more than ________________________ is needed to produce the essential psychic change.
What is (human power)
On what page of the 4th edition is this part found; "And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today."
page 417
These allergic types can never ___________________ .
What is : safely use alcohol in any form
… once a _____________________ has occurred, the very same person who seemed doomed …
suddenly finds himself easily able to control his desire for alcohol.
What is: psychic change
It did not satisfy us to be told we could not ______________________ our drinking just because
we were maladjusted to life…
What is : control
Men and women drink essentially because they like the effect produced by _______________ .
What is (alcohol)
What step does this excerpt from the book refer to?
"We thought well before taking this step making sure we were ready;"
step 3
… the phenomenon of craving is limited to this class and never occurs in the average
_______________________ drinker.
What is : temperate
There is the type who always believes that after being entirely free from alcohol for a period of
time he can drink without ____________________ .
What is :Danger
_______________________ has to work twenty-four hours a day in and through us, or we perish.
What is :Faith