Alcoholics Anonymous was founded on the idea that there was a certain type of alcoholic whose only hope of recovery was a spiritual awakening. The story behin
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Character defects are described in the Big Book as "flaws in our make-up which caused our failure" and as manifestations of “self" (p. 64), expressions
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"Here we begin to practice all Twelve Steps of the program in our daily lives so that we and those about us may find emotional sobriety.” With that
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The phrase which concludes the 12 Steps and lays out the path to our continuing recovery raises three key questions: what are “these principles,”
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AA tells us and personal experience confirms that not drinking is not enough. Recovery is a journey of continued spiritual, moral, and emotional growth,
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This page continues to explore the themes and principles introduced in Practice These Principles, building on them and bringing further insights from experien
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The Big Book Q&A is a reference tool to help us improve our knowledge of the Big Book so that we may be able to profit more from its reading, both at meetings and in indi
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A timeline of significant dates and events in AA history, showing the growth and development of what is arguably the most significant spiritual movement of the 20th and t
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Someone once said at a meeting that reading books was not his “style,” by which he meant that he preferred general discussion meetings where peopl
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Reviews are of recovery and other books in related areas, including self-help, psychology, philosophy, religion, and spirituality. They are posted on Amazon a
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