He is a powerful example of what it is like to be in recovery. Alcoholics anonymous is often referred to as a 12step program, and aa is the basis for many other 12step programs that have been established. The role of acceptance in recovery from alcohol addiction. When i am disturbed, it is because i find some person, place, thing, or situationsome fact of my life unacceptable to me, and i can find no serenity until i accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. These 12 steps are outlined in chapter 5, how it works, of the big book. Before the night was over, i had started a fight with a number of collegeaged drunken fellows and returned. This electronic version is an index to every significant word in the big book, alcoholics anonymous 3d edition 9,902 words. From page 417 of the big book of alcoholics anonymous.
This is the fourth edition of the big book, the basic text for alcoholics anonymous. New stories have been added to the personal histories. When i am disturbed, it is because i find some person, place, thing or situation some. When i am disturbed, it is because i find some person, place, thing or situation some fact of my life unacceptable to me, and i can find no serenity until i accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. The little big red book limited to 4,730 individually numbered copies the same number printed of the first editionfirst printing big book affectionately known as big red. It is the basic text of the fellowship of alcoholics anonymous, and has helped large numbers of alcoholic men and women, young and old, recover as of december 2009, 30,664,881 copies of the big book have been sold or otherwise distributed source aa gso ny. The steps helped each of the cofounders of aa in their own recovery from alcoholism and have continued to help countless. And please dont get me talking about why they changed the title. Acceptance i know some people get really tired of the big book quotes. Message board page 449 3d big book of alcoholics anonymous.
My sponsor suggested i type it up and put it somewhere in the house where i see it all the time. This is the official website of the general service office g. Fizikomatematicheskie nauki, 2018, volume 160, book 3, pages 435447. Alcoholics anonymous, aa, and the big book are registered trademarks of a. The big book of alcoholics anonymous the world famous eye. And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today.
Big book acceptance is the answer to all of my problems today. Since the first edition appeared, in 1939, it has helped millions of men and women recover from alcoholism. Alcoholics anonymous new books abookman, a book man. Its from the 4th edition of alcoholics anonymous or the big book as it is widely known.
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