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1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable. 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. 4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. 5.
It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick. When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically. In dealing with resentments, we set them on paper.
P-10 How It Works. An excerpt in large type from Chapter 5 of the Big Book. This page, which includes the Twelve Steps, is often read at the start of meetings. General Service Conference-approved. View PDF. See Purchase Options.
HOW IT WORKS Rarelyhaveweseenapersonfailwhohasthoroughlyfollowedourpath.Thosewhodo notrecoverarepeoplewhocannotorwillnotcompletelygivethemselvestothissimplepro-
The principles we have set down are guides to progress. We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection. Our description of the alcoholic, the chapter to the agnostic, and our personal adventures before and after make clear three pertinent ideas:
( HOW IT WORKS, AABB Pg. 58-60) We compulsive overeaters have followed many programs of reducing and weight control and have found that no amount of willpower or self-determination can make us stick to a sensible program of eating, for any length of time. We have found that self-reliance failed us.
Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of recovery:”1. 1 “HOW IT WORKS.”. Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism.
HOW IT WORKS. Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our directions. 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.
Chapter Five. HOW IT WORKS. 58:1. 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.
Alcoholics Anonymous - 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.
