BILL'S STORY
When Ebby made his 12th step visit to Bill’s home, Bill was drinking this
What is Gin
When not drunk, the alcoholic may be one of the finest fellows in the world, but while drinking he does tragic things. He resembles these two fictional characters.
Who is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
This alcoholic had the foolish idea he could drink whiskey if he only mixed it with milk
Who is Jim
This was our dilemma
What is Lack of power
The alcoholic can be compared to this, trying to run the whole show
What is The actor
This has to work in and through us or we perish
What is Faith
The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure have lost this power
What is The Choice in drink
These potential alcoholics often turn into the real thing and are beyond recall in a few years
Complete the sentence: To be doomed to _____________ or to live on a _____________ are not always easy alternatives to face.
An alcoholic death; spiritual basis
This step involves "Launching out on a course of vigorous action".
What is: Step Four.
Bill played this sport and got his “impeccable coat of tan.”
What is Golf
The ex-problem drinker, who has found this solution, can generally win the entire confidence of an alcoholic in just a few hours if he is armed with this
What is Facts about himself
This story describes an alcoholic who went bone dry for 25 years thinking after years of sobriety and self-discipline he could drink like other men. He was dead 4 years later.
Who is A man of thirty
Our ideas did not work, but this idea did
What is the God idea
The fabric of our existence was shot through with this
What is Fear
After reading an old doggerel on a tombstone, Bill failed to head this
What is an Ominous Warning
The alcoholic can go anywhere on this earth where other free men may go without disaster, provided he remains willing to maintain this
What is A certain simple attitude
Complete the sentence: But the actual potential alcoholic, with hardly an exception, will be absolutely unable to stop drinking on the basis of _________
Self knowledge
When we drew near to God, he did this
What is Disclosed himself to us
From this, stems all forms of spiritual disease
What is Resentment
Despite the living example of Bill’s friend, (his dramatic inward and outward change) there remained in him vestiges of his old prejudice, this word still aroused a certain antipathy
What is God
Complete the sentence: Our very lives as ex-problem drinkers depends on __________ and __________
What is our constant thought of others; how we can meet their needs
This is the crux of the problem
What are The mental states that precede a relapse into drinking
We talked of this characteristic in others, while we were being this ourselves…
What is intolerance
After completing this, you have swallowed and digested some big chunks of truth about yourself.
What is A moral inventory