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Chapter 5 HOW IT WORKS R arely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of be ing honest with themselves. There are such unfortu nates.
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Without help it is too much for us. But there is One who has all power—that One is God. May you find Him now! Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. We asked His protection and care with complete abandon. Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of recovery:”1. 1 “HOW IT WORKS.”.
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
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This was the version of The Big Book distributed to friends and colleagues of AA’s founders before the First Edition was printed. The text of this document, “Original Manuscript,” was left just as it originally appeared in 1938. Chapter Five. HOW IT WORKS. Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our directions.
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Chapter 5 – How It Works. Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not. recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such unfortunates.
