tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158865512011-12-10T07:43:26.126-08:00Change your life and become who you really are. You are not ALONE any more. I will Sponsor, Support and Help you to do this programme, and be a friend. E-Mail:livingthrecoveryprogramme@yahoo.co.ukPatricknoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15886551.post-1125227217381222422011-07-16T09:21:00.000-07:002011-09-07T02:39:55.770-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/1600/aalogo.gif"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/320/aalogo.gif" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=15886551&amp;postID=112522721738122242" name="anchor98080"></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: 180%; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="http://1.2.3.10/bmi/1.2.3.13/bmi/1.2.3.9/bmi/www.barefootsworld.net/graphics/aa-sayings-ani.gif" /></span><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size: 180%;">Working the Twelve Steps<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>of Alcoholics Anonymous</span></strong></div><div><strong><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><strong><strong><span style="font-size: 130%;">My&nbsp;<a href="http://www.aa.org/">AA website</a></span></strong></strong></span></strong><br /><div><div><strong><br /><a href="http://www.lhcw.net/TheRecoveryRoom" style="color: #6633ff;">Recovery Chat room</a><br /><br /><br /></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 180%;"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/1600/aalogo.gif"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/320/aalogo.gif" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a></span></strong><br /><strong><br /></strong><strong>CLICK ON NUMBERS TO DO THE STEPS:<br /></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3042061"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/action-12steps/index.html#anchor3354503"><strong></strong></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor928016"><strong>1 </strong></a><strong>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor924463"><strong>2</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3330535"><strong>3</strong></a><strong> --</strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1704859"><strong> 4</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1561474"><strong>5</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040792"><strong>6</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040980"><strong>7</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041164"><strong>8</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041504"><strong>9</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041655"><strong>10</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041892"><strong>11</strong></a><strong>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3042061"><strong>12</strong></a>--</span><br /><strong> </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~action-12steps/index.html"><strong>step 4 worksheets</strong></a><br /><strong></strong><a href="http://www.aa.org/"><strong></strong></a><br /><a href="http://www.bigbookstepstudy.com/">BBSS</a> groups "spun off" and follow the effective, Big Book Step Study format.<br /><br /><strong>The 1939 first edition AA Big Book</strong> was followed by<br /><strong>The 1953 AA book "Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions." </strong><br />The 12x2 did not repeat vital Big Book directions, but "broadened and deepened the understanding" of those basic directions of "precisely how we recovered."<br />With this March 2004 update, my experience affirms ever stronger that the 12x12 added a life sustaining essential, "Assets", in step 4. Clear recognition of Assets, that is, positive conditions, maintains emotional balance. The&nbsp;12x12&nbsp;&nbsp;states that flaws-only inquiry may cause "wallowing in a messy bog." Some persons wallowed, then drank. Some died. (12x12&nbsp;&nbsp;step4).<br />The&nbsp;12x12&nbsp;&nbsp;also adds "redoubling our efforts" when listing amends. This includes harms done to persons who did not fit Big Book 4th step categories of resentments, fears and sex episodes.<br /><strong>I suggest studying each step from both books side by side.</strong><br />While passing on the 12 step program, details presented here were developed from the Big Book, the&nbsp;12x12&nbsp;, other AA literature and "other helpful books" as encouraged by AA's founders.<br /><br /><strong>Step details and examples: </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor928016"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">1 </span></strong></a><strong>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor924463"><strong>2</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3330535"><strong>3</strong></a><strong> --</strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1704859"><strong> 4</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1561474"><strong>5</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040792"><strong>6</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040980"><strong>7</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041164"><strong>8</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041504"><strong>9</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041655"><strong>10</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041892"><strong>11</strong></a><strong>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3042061"><strong>12</strong></a><strong> - </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/action-12steps/index.html#anchor3354503"><strong></strong></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=15886551&amp;postID=112522721738122242" name="anchor928016"></a><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Step 1 </span></strong><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/1600/aalogo.gif"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/320/aalogo.gif" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><br /><strong><br /></strong>"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable."<br />The preceeding "short form" of step one appears simple. Gut level permanence of sobriety, however, <a href="http://home.capecod.net/action-12steps/pages/recovery/spritualexperience.html">"develops slowly over a period of time"</a> as the 12 steps treat underlying causes of compulsion to drink, while retraining us for "contented useful" lives.<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=15886551&amp;postID=112522721738122242" name="anchor3297034"></a>Five "One Day At a Time" suggestions were passed down by my sponsor.<br />---- make a statement that I will not drink for one day; ---- attend at least one AA meeting; ---- talk to another alcoholic of sponsor level sobriety. ---- read AA literature. I read the Big Book <a href="http://home.capecod.net/action-12steps/pages/recovery/11thstepdirections.html#anchor3199212">Step 11 page 86 </a>about "Upon Awakening......to end of chapter" each day, for several years.<br />Today, December 2001, my morning prayer includes ---- thanks for yesterday's sobriety, --- Please help me stay away from a drink or drug.--- the p86 statement, "Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be - divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives."I make a statement of thanks before retiring at night and contemplate upon page 86 top paragraph which begins with "On retiring........"<br /><br />t<strong>o Steps: </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor928016"><strong>1 </strong></a><strong>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor924463"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">2</span></strong></a><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3330535"><strong>3</strong></a><strong> --</strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1704859"><strong> 4</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1561474"><strong>5</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040792"><strong>6</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040980"><strong>7</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041164"><strong>8</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041504"><strong>9</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041655"><strong>10</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041892"><strong>11</strong></a><strong>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3042061"><strong>12</strong></a>-<strong> - </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/action-12steps/index.html#anchor3354503"><strong></strong></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=15886551&amp;postID=112522721738122242" name="anchor924463"></a><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Step2 </span></strong><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/1600/aalogo.gif"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/320/aalogo.gif" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><br /><strong><br /></strong>"Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity".<br />About ten years ago I spotted action sentences from the&nbsp;12x12&nbsp;&nbsp;about step 2.<br />"Just resign from the debating society and quit bothering yourself with such deep questions as whether it was the hen or the egg that came first." (about what God and sanity are.)<br />"The fact is that we had not cleaned house so the Grace of God could enter."<br />The word sponsor is used about 12 times in 12X12 step 2 . The Big Book, (Alcoholics Anonymous), tells that helper to "walk day by day in the path of spiritual progress" with the new person. Instead of discussing God and insanity in discussion meetings, sane action suggests brief remarks about our use of action tools. "Keep it effectively brief."<br />Two minutes max in discussion meetings demonstrates sane effective recovery.<br />Fifteen minutes max in a speaker meeting was suggested by AA's co-founder Bill Wilson.<br />The Big Book suggests a structured three part story: "What it was like, What happened, and What it is like now."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=15886551&amp;postID=112522721738122242" name="anchor3330535"></a><strong>Steps:</strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor928016"><strong>1 </strong></a><strong>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor924463"><strong>2</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3330535"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">3</span></strong></a><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span>--</strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1704859"><strong> 4</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1561474"><strong>5</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040792"><strong>6</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040980"><strong>7</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041164"><strong>8</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041504"><strong>9</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041655"><strong>10</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041892"><strong>11</strong></a><strong>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3042061"><strong>12</strong></a>--<a href="http://home.capecod.net/action-12steps/index.html#anchor3354503"><strong></strong></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=15886551&amp;postID=112522721738122242" name="anchor3330535"></a><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Step3</span></strong><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/1600/aalogo.gif"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/320/aalogo.gif" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>"Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him."</b></span><br />I don't dwell upon God to a newcomer. Even Atheists can transform their lives with tangible 12 step action to restore rational thinking processes and treat grosser handicaps.<br />From the 12X12 Step 3 - How to do it,<br />"We made a beginning by coming to AA."At first this higher power is likely to be our closest AA friend, our sponsor, who points out that coming to meetings is a good beginning but a far cry from a contented useful life. That is just where the remaining steps come in."<br />From the Big Book Step 4 p64<br />"Though our decision was vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in ourselves which had been blocking us. Our liquor was but a symptom. So we had to get down to causes and conditions."<br />While improving mentally and physically, then, Step 11 suggests improving understanding of whatever external power(s) we choose.<br /><br /><strong>Steps:</strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor928016"><strong>1 </strong></a><strong>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor924463"><strong>2</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3330535"><strong>3</strong></a><strong> --</strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1704859"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> 4</span></strong></a><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1561474"><strong>5</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040792"><strong>6</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040980"><strong>7</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041164"><strong>8</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041504"><strong>9</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041655"><strong>10</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041892"><strong>11</strong></a><strong>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3042061"><strong>12</strong></a>--<strong> </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/action-12steps/index.html#anchor3354503"><strong></strong></a><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=15886551&amp;postID=112522721738122242" name="anchor1704859"></a></b></span><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/1600/aalogo.gif"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/320/aalogo.gif" style="float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px;" /></a><br /><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Step 4</span></strong><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b>"Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of&nbsp;</b></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;ourselves"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">M</span></b></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">M</span></b></span></span><br />Has 6 parts in this version - The Big Book includes 4 parts. The 12X12 added thoroughness in Step 8 and assets in step 4. Our Life's Names- Resentments - Turnarounds - Fears - Sex - Asset's 5 subject, spiral bound, full size, college ruled binder is most popular in our area for the 4th step writing.<br />Part One - <a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=15886551&amp;postID=112522721738122242" name="anchor3596020"></a>"Our Life's Names" is a master index which I added in response to a 12X12 step 8 sentence about an amends list.<br />"To a degree, he has already done this (list) when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many people he has hurt, and in what ways."<br />Because both the 12X12 and the Big Book state that the step 8 list begins with step 4, thoroughness is enhanced with this extra measure from the start. (for approx 10 years, this has been well received)<br />On 3 columns, front and back, of the first 10 pages of our notebook, list names of persons, institutions or principles as they enter our mind. Not necessarily resentments, this unclutters minds and enhances emotional balance for a hundred or more friends during eight years of use.<br />OUR LIFE'S NAMES - some may eventually qualify for resentment and/or amends work. An R pg _ _ and/or A pg _ _, can be added later for quick finding of that work.<br />Wife Mary -- R pg11, A1<br /><br /><br />Judge Wapner -- R pg12<br /><br /><br />Marriage -- R pg12<br />Add names whenever<br /><br />Son Jim -- R pg13<br />they come to mind.<br /><br />GMAC -- R pg14 A1<br />They may not be perceived as<br /><br />Gas Attendant Joe<br />resentments or amends<br /><br />Janice R pg15 A2<br />Not at this time.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=15886551&amp;postID=112522721738122242" name="anchor1545186"></a>Part Two ; "List of Resentments" a.k.a "Grudge List." from BBp65<br />From Big Book page 65 on the back of sheet 10 in our notebook, we write headings on the top. Also use section 2 for this. It is not unusual to need another notebook for the resentments -- turnaround process.<br />Example of listing a resentment (grudge).<br /><strong>I'm resentful at:</strong><br /><br /><strong>The cause:</strong><br /><br /><strong>Affects my:</strong><br /><br /><strong>Mergantha</strong><br />She's a meanie!<br /><strong>Self Esteem</strong><br /><br />She got restraining order<br /><strong>Emotional security</strong><br /><br />She let me spend all our money<br /><strong>Material Security</strong><br /><br /><br />Ambitions<br /><br /><br />Personal relations<br /><br /><br />Sex relations(Note, in the&nbsp;12x12&nbsp;, Bill W divided security (BBp65) into <strong>Material</strong> and <strong>Emotional</strong>.)<br />Every Big Book step 4 sentence offers guidance on thinking and acting to overcome the repetition and suffering of resentments. The 4th step prayer paragraph is thought by my friends as particularly effective each time we ponder a newly processed resentment. Big Book page 66 :<br />This was our course: We realized that the people who wronged us were perhaps spiritually sick. Though we did not like their symptoms and the way these disturbed us, they, like ourselves, were sick too. We asked God to help us show them the same tolerance, pity, and patience that we would cheerfully grant a sick friend. When a person offended we said to ourselves, This is a sick man. How can I be helpful to him? God save me from being angry. Thy will be done. We avoid retaliation or argument.<br />So far, we have described the resentment.<br />We frequently contemplate the 4th step prayer.<br />Next is a structured analysis of the description.<br />We learn how to perceive and retrain defects in thinking and acting that contributed to the episode.<br />Called the "Turnarounds" in our East Coast Big Book Step Study groups founded on Cape Cod, the 4 Big Book basic flaws are: Selfish; Dishonest; Self Seeking; Frightened? (BBp67).<br />The&nbsp;12x12&nbsp;&nbsp;added specific manifestations of the BB four.<br />These are the seven cardinal sins. Note (again) - the&nbsp;12x12&nbsp;&nbsp;does not repeat but adds to the AA Big Book.<br />The&nbsp;12x12&nbsp;&nbsp;forward stresses this important point.<br />The two books are not either/or, but are both-together for the entire AA 12 step process.<br />In the Turnarounds, we contemplate and write a short phrase about each "Affects my:" that applied in previous description of the resentment. <a href="http://home.capecod.net/action-12steps/pages/recovery/print/resentments.html">Thoroughness</a> with Turnarounds clearly exposes our flawed thinking and acting.<br />How to act effectively from now forward relates to&nbsp;12x12&nbsp;&nbsp;instructions in step five. "<strong>We must be willing to accept guidance and advice</strong>." I also try to teach how to research solutions for problems that triggered our past drinking.<br />As 4th and 5th steppers learn how to research "sane ideals" and to spot "flaws which block us", gradually they become freed of underlying causes of addictions and undesired types of dependence. Next is an example of a "Turnaround" - a name created by the Hyannis BBSS groups for the analysis of each "Affects my" from the resentment description. From the BB p67, Where had we been.....<br />Turnarounds<br /><strong>Selfish:</strong> (our Thinking): I wanted her to act the way I wanted her to act // I wanted her to think I was the greatest// I wanted her to depend on me // I wanted her to work more // wanted her to be a willing partner// I wanted sex only when I wanted it//I wanted............<br /><br />These statements of selfishness describe our personal thoughts for each "Affects my:" from the left page. We don't put the action on the thought here. We describe the action under Self Seeking.<br /><strong>Dishonest:</strong> (Analysis): Illegal to hit her // Was copping out by drinking //Irrational to think I can not be happy if she leaves me // I did not have effective communication skills. // Irrational to think that it was her fault // Not realistic to think I can sleep around without arousing suspicion //..........<br />Consider all else written on this page as we list:<br />Conflicts with the law and religious principles of choice.<br />Indiscreet actions, Self delusion, Irrational thinking, Rationalization, Lack of skills -- particularly communication.<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=15886551&amp;postID=112522721738122242" name="anchor3501660"></a>Self Seeking: (action or omission of action)(emotions = feelings in action!): I drank that night // I hit her //I slept with Suzy Q // Now I am sober // I'm putting into action my decision to work the 12 steps // I don't cheat on my beloved bimbo // I take care of the kids first after my sobriety // I treat my wife as if she is a sick Alanon-- (page 452, BB) //<br />The action or omission of appropriate action. Did we drink, etc, over this resentment?<br />What would a recovered person do today in a similar event? We probably don't accurately know up to this phase of recovery.<br />We become willing to accept advice and guidance from others who have surmounted similar difficulties.<br /><strong>Frightened:</strong> (Feelings): Fear she won't keep me // Fear I may need to find have another place to live // Fear I will flip out // Fear I will drink // Fear I'll never a healthy relation // Fear I won't get along with people ever // Fear I won't feel sexually full filled //Fear of................//Fear that...........<br />"We ask God to remove the fear that... (Fear Prayer - AA Big Book p67)<br />........plug in the specific fears one at a time here.............<br />and direct my attention to what you would have me be."<br />"At once we commence to outgrow fear ! "<br />"FEARS" from BBp67 -- write in notebook section 3<br />What specifically, were we afraid of ?<br />As we write the Fears in the preceding section, AA's Big Book suggests the "Fear Prayer" BB p 68.<br />In the 3rd section of our notebook, we set aside 2 pages to list the general natures of recurring fears from the previous sections. We add known fears which did not relate to resentments.<br />After the 2 pages above in section 3, we answer BBp68 questions for each fear on one page each.<br />Fear of people's opinions<br /><br />Why did we have them? e.g. People criticized me // I felt I was ugly //<br />When, where and how did the general nature of this recurring fear begin? As a kid, I got bored and noisy // My father then beat me // .....<br />Wasn't it because self reliance failed us? Yes, I see now that I did not know how to be think and act //I did not know that strong persons utilize affirmation and wisdom of others who are effective.<br />This fear was irrational due to my lack of understanding.<br /><br />-<a href="http://home.capecod.net/action-12steps/pages/recovery/print/sex.html#anchor1505108"><b>Sex Inventory</b></a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=15886551&amp;postID=112522721738122242" name="anchor1505108"></a>Part four t; "Now about sex." from BBp68 - write in Notebook section 4<br />In section 4 of our 5 section notebook , some of us answer questions on Big Book page 68-70 3rd ed and the&nbsp;12x12&nbsp;&nbsp;page 119 for each episode.<br />Suzy Q<br />Where had we been selfish, dishonest, or inconsiderate? I only saw her after drinking with my friends // I told her I was working late // I did not call //...........<br />Whom had we hurt? I caused her and her parents much anguish //............<br />Did we unjustifiably arouse jealousy, suspicion or bitterness? Yes, I would not recognize my alcoholism //I was short tempered // ..............<br />We got this all down on paper and looked at it.<br />Where were we at fault, what should we have done instead? I should have called her // I should have left her //...................<br />We subjected each relation to this test -was it selfish or not? Yep // I only used her for a feel-real-good rush // ..................<br />Was compatibility at spiritual, emotional and mental levels a fact and not wishful thinking? I am a mental health client with meds, she is not . // I am hyperactive, she is calm //..............<br />I have just begun step 4, she has been through the steps at least once and helps others do the steps - hmm?<br />update 3/21/03 - An AA emailed his concern that I ignored part of the 4th step. The following quote from the Big Book includes prayers and directions how to think and act about sex.<br />"In this way (above writing) we tried to shape a sane and sound ideal for our future sex life. - We subjected each relation to this test -was it selfish or not? - We asked God to mould our ideals and help us to live up to them. - We remembered always that our sex powers were God-given and therefore good, neither to be used lightly or selfishly nor to be despised and loathed.<br />Whatever our ideal turns out to be, we must be willing to grow toward it.<br />-We must be willing to make amends where we have done harm, provided that we do not bring about still more harm in so doing. In other words, we treat sex as we would any other problem. - In meditation, we ask God what we should do about each specific matter. The right answer will come, if we want it.<br />God alone can judge our sex situation. Counsel with persons is often desirable, but we let God be the final judge. We realize that some people are as fanatical about sex as others are loose. We avoid hysterical thinking or advice.<br />Suppose we fall short of the chosen ideal and stumble? Does this mean we are going to get drunk. Some people tell us so. But this is only a half-truth. It depends on us and on our motives. If we are sorry for what we have done, and have the honest desire to let God take us to better things, we believe we will be forgiven and will have learned our lesson. If we are not sorry, and our conduct continues to harm others, we are quite sure to drink. We are not theorizing. These are facts out of our experience.<br />To sum up about sex: We earnestly pray for the right ideal, for guidance in each questionable situation, for sanity, and for the strength to do the right thing. If sex is very troublesome, we throw ourselves the harder into helping others. We think of their needs and work for them. This takes us out of ourselves. It quiets the imperious urge, when to yield would mean heartache."<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=15886551&amp;postID=112522721738122242" name="anchor1534249"></a>"ASSETS (12x12&nbsp;&nbsp;p46), and other status."<br />NOTE - March 14, 2003 - This updatable assessment of our condition is similar to the various inventories described in the&nbsp;12x12&nbsp;&nbsp;Step 10.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://home.capecod.net/action-12steps/index.html">Recovery_Main_Page</a> </b>,Print Format Step4<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">-<a href="http://home.capecod.net/action-12steps/pages/recovery/print/ourlifesnames.html">OurLife'sNames</a> - <a href="http://home.capecod.net/action-12steps/pages/recovery/print/resentments.html#anchor1545186">Resentments</a> - <a href="http://home.capecod.net/action-12steps/pages/recovery/print/fears.html">Fears</a> - <a href="http://home.capecod.net/action-12steps/pages/recovery/print/sex.html#anchor1505108">Sex</a> - <a href="http://home.capecod.net/action-12steps/pages/recovery/print/assets.html#anchor1534249">Assets.</a></span></b><br /><br /><br /><b>Steps <a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor928016">1 </a>-- <a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor924463">2</a> -- <a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3330535">3</a> --<a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1704859"> 4</a> -- <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1561474">5</a> </span>-- <a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040792">6</a> -- <a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040980">7</a> -- <a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041164">8</a> -- <a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041504">9</a> -- <a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041655">10</a> -- <a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041892">11</a>-- <a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3042061">12</a>--</b><strong> - </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~action-12steps/index.html"><strong>step 4 worksheets</strong></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=15886551&amp;postID=112522721738122242" name="anchor1561474"></a><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Step 5</span></strong><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/1600/aalogo.gif"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/320/aalogo.gif" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">"Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another&nbsp;</span></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">human b</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">eing the exact nature o</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">f our wrongs"</span></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span><br />- Dec 2001 - From AA's Big Book " We must be entirely honest with somebody if we expect to live long or happily in this world." to <a href="http://home.capecod.net/action-12steps/pages/recovery/bigbooktop164.html#anchor3561864">BB Step 5.</a><br />Since discussing my first 4th step with a Psychologist -- (one Big Book option for a 5th step helper), my perception of the 5th step has widened. Grasping the "Exact nature of wrongs" is much more than unloading moral defects. Flawed and omitted actions written in the 4th step under <a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3501660">Self Seeking</a> trigger the Big Book question,&nbsp;"What should we have done instead?"<br />I can not over emphasize the value of every sentence about step five in both the book Alcoholics Anonymous, (Big Book) and it's broadening and deepening, The Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, (12x12&nbsp;). Several excerpts from the&nbsp;12x12&nbsp;&nbsp;suggest a widened scope of effective 5th stepping additional to the Big Book's "precise" clearest directions.<br />"The benefit of talking to another person is that we can get his direct comment and counsel on our situation, and there can be no doubt in our minds what that advice is."<br />"Only by discussing ourselves, holding back nothing, only by being willing to take advice and accept direction could we set foot on the road to straight thinking, solid honesty, and genuine humility."<br />-Added February 25, 2002 For my first 5th step, I literally followed a Big Book option from the sentences,<br />"If we cannot or would rather not do this, we search our acquaintance for a close-mouthed, understanding friend. Perhaps our doctor or psychologist will be the person. It may be one of our own family, but we cannot disclose anything to our wives or our parents which will hurt them and make them unhappy."<br />Looking back, I am grateful for that decision for myself. I sought a new psychologist for me for that task. First visit, I gave him a Big Book in order that he could read about steps 4 and 5.<br />The next five visits, we read my notebooks, one resentment at a time down through the "Referring to our list again............" analysis, then fears that had not revealed during the resentment part, then the sex episodes with answers to questions on pages 68 through 70 (BB 3rd ed).<br />What that psychologist did, I now regard essential to my condition today.<br />He discussed each episode. Psychologists and the next medical level up - Psychiatrists, in my experience, have had enough additional education and scope of experience to thoroughly listen and develop direction about all aspects of lives of most prospects.<br />Certified Counsellors of my knowledge, who have less required years of training, may specialize in areas such as family counselling. They may not be as adequately trained for all things they hear from a thorough 4th step. Usually, they are competent to know when to refer certain tweaks elsewhere.<br />Therapists, a rung further down the ladder of training, may not in my state, be certified at all. These should be chosen carefully, perhaps with the advice and blessing of a higher level professional - doctor, psychologist or psychiatrist.<br />Many readers probably know all of this. But, I have learned from experience to not blindly assume that another has all necessary insights about our life and death journey through recovery.<br />Fascinating that the&nbsp;12x12&nbsp;&nbsp;5th step added words about accepting advice and guidance. They also added qualifications,<br />"We shall want to speak with someone who is experienced, who not only has stayed dry but has been able to surmount other serious difficulties. Difficulties, perhaps, like our own. "<br />Realistically, most AA's have honest intent, but may not been challenged with. then reliably surmounted types of difficulties we may present. Again, we mean well, but may not perceive some limitations.<br />I try to follow AA suggestions from the Sponsorship Q&amp;A pamphlet about having more than one sponsor. One reason given is to gain different viewpoints. I feel more secure about my sponsees if they also use a high level professional when more abstract needs exist.<br /><br /><b>The end of Big Book's step 5 reads:</b><br /><b><br /></b><br />"Returning home we find a place where we can be quiet for an hour, carefully reviewing what we have done. We thank God from the bottom of our heart that we know Him better. Taking this book down from our shelf we turn to the page which contains the twelve steps. Carefully reading the first five proposals we ask if we have omitted anything, for we are building an arch through which we shall walk a free man at last. Is our work solid so far? Are the stones properly in place? Have we skimped on the cement put into the foundation? Have we tried to make mortar without sand? If we can answer to our satisfaction, we then look at<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=15886551&amp;postID=112522721738122242" name="anchor3040792"></a><br /><br /><strong>Steps:</strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor928016"><strong>1 </strong></a><strong>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor924463"><strong>2</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3330535"><strong>3</strong></a><strong> --</strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1704859"><strong> 4</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1561474"><strong>5</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040792"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">6</span></strong></a><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040980"><strong>7</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041164"><strong>8</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041504"><strong>9</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041655"><strong>10</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041892"><strong>11</strong></a><strong>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3042061"><strong>12</strong></a>--<strong> </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/action-12steps/index.html#anchor3354503"><strong></strong></a><br /><br /><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Step 6.</span></strong><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/1600/aalogo.gif"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/320/aalogo.gif" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">"Were entirely ready to have God remove all these&nbsp;</span></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">defects of character"</span></b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span><br />Early in my Big Book Step Study days, I heard that, "Entire" willingness to be rid of defects of character is a product of thorough work on steps 4 &amp; 5. Note that step 6 in the Big Book is but a few lines.<br />I'll never forget the feeling near the end of my first step 5 , that obsessions with lust and anger could be removed. Entire willingness to proceed had occurred!<br />A year or so later, a deeper layer of discontent surfaced. I had intended a thorough, perfect series of steps the first try, but what happened? Once again, the&nbsp;12x12&nbsp;offered a shot of reality. In it's Step 3, are the words,<br />"Nothing short of continuous action upon these (remaining steps) as a way of life can bring the much-desired result."<br />"Progress not perfection" appears a timely reminder at moments of confusion and doubt about the veracity of AA's 12 step program. Heard at this morning's meeting,<br />"Don't drink and do the next thing right."<br /><br /><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3042061"><strong></strong></a><br /><strong>Steps:</strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor928016"><strong>1 </strong></a><strong>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor924463"><strong>2</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3330535"><strong>3</strong></a><strong> --</strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1704859"><strong> 4</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1561474"><strong>5</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040792"><strong>6</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040980"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">7</span></strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041164"><strong>8</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041504"><strong>9</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041655"><strong>10</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041892"><strong>11</strong></a><strong>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3042061"><strong>12</strong></a>--<strong> </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/action-12steps/index.html#anchor3354503"><strong></strong></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=15886551&amp;postID=112522721738122242" name="anchor3040980"></a><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Step 7</span></strong><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/1600/aalogo.gif"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/320/aalogo.gif" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">"&nbsp;<b>Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings"</b></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span><br />A tangible definition for humility helped me understand step 7. From the&nbsp;12x12&nbsp;&nbsp;step 5 is:<br />"Another great dividend we may expect from confiding our defects to another human being is humility-a word often misunderstood. To those who have made progress in A.A., it amounts to a clear recognition of what and who we really are, followed by a sincere attempt to become what we could be. Therefore, our first practical move toward humility must consist of recognizing our deficiencies."<br />For me, therefore, thoroughness with steps 4 and 5 created step 6 willingness and step 7 humility as defined above<br /><b>Big Book step 7 prayer reads</b>,<br /><br /><b>&nbsp;"My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad. I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my fellows. Grant me strength, as I go out from here, to do your bidding. Amen.&nbsp;</b><br /><br /><b>We have then completed Step Seven."</b><br />The words shortcomings and defects of character are different, in my opinion. Like many other AAs, I interchanged them at first. But, I felt uneasy. Today I regard a defect of character as thinking that conflicts with recovered ideals.<br />A shortcoming is tangible action or omission of responsible action that fall short of recovered behavior. It could be thought of as a defect of character in action, or omission of appropriate action by a responsible person.<br />Considerable relief occurred knowing that it is impossible to delete all undesirable thoughts. However, healthy action can be within our willingness to act correctly regardless of feelings and occasional wrong thoughts.<br />Repetition of recovered behaviors develops intuitive responses to things which used to baffle and frustrate us. Former faulty responses to life's events may pop into mind. Quickly however, newly learned and practiced thinking and acting overpower the old ways.<br />The 7th step prayer mysteriously and gratefully hastens this process for me in stubborn situations.<br />"It works it really does." (BB end of ch 6)<br /><br /><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3042061"><strong></strong></a><br /><strong>Steps:</strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor928016"><strong>1 </strong></a><strong>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor924463"><strong>2</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3330535"><strong>3</strong></a><strong> --</strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1704859"><strong> 4</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1561474"><strong>5</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040792"><strong>6</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040980"><strong>7</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041164"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">8</span></strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041504"><strong>9</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041655"><strong>10</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041892"><strong>11</strong></a><strong>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3042061"><strong>12</strong></a>--<a href="http://home.capecod.net/action-12steps/index.html#anchor3354503"><strong></strong></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=15886551&amp;postID=112522721738122242" name="anchor3041164"></a><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Step 8</span></strong><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/1600/aalogo.gif"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/320/aalogo.gif" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><br /><br />- Made a list of those we harmed................My experience with step 8 went the path of early AA's.<br />"We made it (the list) when we took inventory." (BB step 8).However, during a score of years after those words were published, AAs observed that some folks harmed were not resented, feared or sex objects - (the three parts of the Big Book inventory format.)A significant update appeared in&nbsp;12x12&nbsp;'s step 8. About the amends list, "To a degree, he has already done this when taking moral inventory, but now the time has come when he ought to redouble his efforts to see how many people he has hurt, and in what ways."<br />The&nbsp;12x12&nbsp;discusses emotional and other damage to those not necessarily resented, feared or romanced. We sincerely intended to love many people, but actually abused them at times with our "isms".<br />About ten years ago, I added OUR LIFE'S NAMES in front of step 4 notebooks. It is a "master index" of our lives inspired by that&nbsp;12x12&nbsp;&nbsp;direction that, "he ought to redouble his efforts..............."<br />I may be in a minority that has added a master index to the front of the 4th step inventory. It's use, however, is well received. Our Life's Names appears to unclutter and calm the minds of 4 thro 9 steppers. When in doubt, put the name down. Simple !<br />Each time a name, principle or institution pops into mind, we add it in the 3 columns on both sides of ten pages in the front of the inventory book.Obvious resentments are processed with the Big Book Step 4 outline.<br />Gradually, we see our part and the harms to others.<br />We add an "A" beside the name in "Our Life's Names."<br />Little by little, we gain understanding of subtler harms to others we did not resent or romance. The&nbsp;12x12&nbsp;&nbsp;adds to the Big Book about less obvious behaviors that affect relations with others. Update to step 8 - 1/28/03<br /><br /><strong>to Steps </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor928016"><strong>1 </strong></a><strong>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor924463"><strong>2</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3330535"><strong>3</strong></a><strong> --</strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1704859"><strong> 4</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1561474"><strong>5</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040792"><strong>6</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040980"><strong>7</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041164"><strong>8</strong></a><strong> --<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041504"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">9</span></strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041655"><strong>10</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041892"><strong>11</strong></a><strong>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3042061"><strong>12</strong></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=15886551&amp;postID=112522721738122242" name="anchor3041504"></a><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Step 9</span></strong><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/1600/aalogo.gif"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/320/aalogo.gif" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><br /><br /><br />- Made amends except when to do so would harm.......(12x12&nbsp;)......and have begun, by our behaviour and example, to convince those about us that we are indeed changing for the better,.......<br />Credibility of amends assumes that damaging behavior has been treated and changed during steps 1, by not drinking, and 2 through 8, by achieving non abusive sobriety.<br />Every sentence in the Big Book and the&nbsp;12x12&nbsp;&nbsp;has guidance for the different settings that warrant amends. Please read these books together over and over about step 9, in order to not cause more harm.<br /><br /><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3042061"><strong></strong></a><br /><strong>Steps:</strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor928016"><strong>1 </strong></a><strong>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor924463"><strong>2</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3330535"><strong>3</strong></a><strong> --</strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1704859"><strong> 4</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1561474"><strong>5</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040792"><strong>6</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040980"><strong>7</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041164"><strong>8</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041504"><strong>9</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041655"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">10</span></strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041892"><strong>11</strong></a><strong>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3042061"><strong>12</strong></a>--<strong> </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/action-12steps/index.html#anchor3354503"><strong></strong></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=15886551&amp;postID=112522721738122242" name="anchor3041655"></a><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Step 10</span></strong><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/1600/aalogo.gif"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/320/aalogo.gif" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><br /><br />- Continued to take inventory.................From the Big Book p84 3rd ed,<br />"Our next function is to grow in understanding and effectiveness. This is not an overnight matter. It should continue for our lifetime."<br />By step 9, we probably have improved grosser flaws in our makeup. About ten years sober, with 8 years of Big Book focused step work, my sober life still had rough edges. I returned to college at age 57, studied Interpersonal and Group Communications, Logic, Psychologies - 101, Abnormal, Child , Adolescent - Crisis Intervention/Counseling, etc.<br />Gradually, I added 12X12 step meetings. I believe now that the&nbsp;12x12&nbsp;&nbsp;was inspired by early AA's struggling with rough edges even after grosser defects were treated by the Big Book. The&nbsp;12x12&nbsp;&nbsp;Steps 8 thro 12 plus the Traditions add much guidance to correct thinking behind rough edges of behaviour.<br />Again from the Big Book p84, perhaps my most important alternatives to drinking,<br />"Continue to watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear.<br />When these crop up, we ask God at once to remove them.<br />We discuss them with someone immediately and make amends quickly if we have harmed anyone.<br />Then we resolutely turn our thoughts to someone we can help.<br />Love and tolerance of others is our code."<br /><br /><strong>Steps:</strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor928016"><strong>1 </strong></a><strong>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor924463"><strong>2</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3330535"><strong>3</strong></a><strong> --</strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1704859"><strong> 4</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1561474"><strong>5</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040792"><strong>6</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040980"><strong>7</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041164"><strong>8</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041504"><strong>9</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041655"><strong>10</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041892"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">11</span></strong></a><strong>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3042061"><strong>12</strong></a>--<strong> </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/action-12steps/index.html#anchor3354503"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor928016"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor924463"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3330535"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1704859"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1561474"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040792"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040980"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041164"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041504"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041655"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041892"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3042061"><strong></strong></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=15886551&amp;postID=112522721738122242" name="anchor3041892"></a><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Step 11</span></strong><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/1600/aalogo.gif"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/320/aalogo.gif" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><br /><br />St. Francis Prayer in the&nbsp;12x12&nbsp;&nbsp;confronted me about motives during my early AA days . "By self forgetting, one finds." Some years later, the Big Book words loomed out with similar wisdom. "Resolutely turn our thoughts to someone we can help."<br />Most helpful to meditation about powers outside of myself were Big Book page 86 directions for starting and ending each day at a time. <a href="http://home.capecod.net/action-12steps/pages/recovery/11thstepdirections.html">Link to p86 directions with comments.</a><br />With the linked page up or the Big Book open to page 86, consider that the first paragraphs directions calm and prepare the mind. Then we are in better state to consider changes in our usual opinions. We are ready for later directions such as "see where religious people are right" and "There are other helpful books also."<br />After a few hundred daily readings of p 86 , I heard mention in an AA meeting of the book "Sermon on the Mount" by Emmett Fox. Fox's book is reported as a main reference of AA's co founders before publishing the first Big Book. Indeed, my reading "The Sermon on the Mount" improved and even reversed many flawed perceptions of religion and God. Please read this reference revered by Bill and Bob. After AA's Big Book, many friends feel Fox's book to be most enlightening about step 11.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Steps:</strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor928016"><strong>1 </strong></a><strong>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor924463"><strong>2</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3330535"><strong>3</strong></a><strong> --</strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1704859"><strong> 4</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1561474"><strong>5</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040792"><strong>6</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040980"><strong>7</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041164"><strong>8</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041504"><strong>9</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041655"><strong>10</strong></a><strong> -- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041892"><strong>11</strong></a><strong>-- </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3042061"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">12</span></strong></a>--<strong> </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/action-12steps/index.html#anchor3354503"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor928016"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor924463"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3330535"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1704859"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1561474"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040792"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040980"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041164"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041504"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041655"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041892"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3042061"><strong></strong></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=15886551&amp;postID=112522721738122242" name="anchor3042061"></a><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Step 12</span></strong><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/1600/aalogo.gif"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/320/aalogo.gif" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>"Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">doing </span>these steps.....</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; We practice these principles in all our&nbsp;</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; affairs and life......and Carry this message to those &nbsp;&nbsp;</b></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; that</b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">&nbsp;still suffer........"</span></b><br />I can not stress enough that the&nbsp;12x12&nbsp;&nbsp;did not repeat the Big Book's clearcut directions for effective communication with a suffering alcoholic. Please read the Big Book chapter "Working with Others" over and over before saying much more than hello to prospects for AA.<br />I've come to value the&nbsp;12x12&nbsp;'s step 12 as a "check list" for self evaluation of one's recovering condition. This extra measure of rigorous honesty of one's self may be surprising. We can benefit much by careful contemplation of each comment about interpersonal relations, motives, etc.<br />Please carefully read both book's step 12. Big Book's step 12 opens with:<br />"Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. It works when other activities fail."<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Steps:<a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor928016">1 </a>-- <a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor924463">2</a> -- <a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3330535">3</a> --<a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1704859"> 4</a> -- <a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1561474">5</a> -- <a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040792">6</a> -- <a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040980">7</a> -- <a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041164">8</a> -- <a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041504">9</a> -- <a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041655">10</a> -- <a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041892">11</a>-- <a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3042061">12</a>--</span></b><strong> </strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/action-12steps/index.html#anchor3354503"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor928016"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor924463"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3330535"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1704859"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor1561474"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040792"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3040980"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041164"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041504"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041655"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3041892"><strong></strong></a><strong></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://home.capecod.net/~rogerg/recovery/WkgAA.html#anchor3042061"><strong></strong></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/1600/aalogo.gif"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6475/1401/320/aalogo.gif" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.amazingcounters.com/"><img alt="html web counter" border="0" src="http://c4.amazingcounters.com/counter.php?i=966780&amp;c=2900653" /></a><br /><small><a href="http://www.ezisp.info/high-speed/comcast.html"><span style="color: #999999;">Com Cast</span></a></small></div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.amazingcounters.com/"><img alt="Hit Counter" border="0" src="http://c4.amazingcounters.com/counter.php?i=966785&amp;c=2900668" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><v:stroke joinstyle="miter"><v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"><v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"><v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"><v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"><v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"><v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"><v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"><v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"><v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"><v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"><v:path connecttype="rect" extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t"><o:lock aspectratio="t" ext="edit"><v:imagedata href="http://www.minnesotarecovery.info/images/index.3.gif" src="file:///C:%5CWINDOWS%5CTEMP%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.gif"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Where Did The 12 Steps Come From?</span><br />by Bill W.<br />July 1953 A.A. Grap</b><st1:personname><b>evi</b></st1:personname><b>ne</b><br /><v:imagedata href="http://www.minnesotarecovery.info/images/index.3.gif" src="file:///C:%5CWINDOWS%5CTEMP%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.gif"><br />AAs are always asking: "Where did the Twelve Steps come from?" In the last analysis, perhaps nobody knows. Yet some of the events which led to their formulation are as clear to me as though they took place yesterday.<br /><br />So far as people were concerned, the main channels of inspiration for our Steps were three in number -- the Oxford Groups, Dr. William D. Silkworth of <st1:place><st1:placetype>Towns</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype>Hospital</st1:placetype></st1:place> and the famed psychologist, William <st1:personname>James</st1:personname>, called by some the father of modern psychology. The story of how these streams of influence were brought together and how they led to the writing of our Twelve Steps is exciting and in spots downright incredible.<br /><br />Many of us will remember the Oxford Groups as a modern evangelical movement which flourished in the 1920's and early 30's, led by a one-<st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>e Lutheran minister, Dr. Frank Buchman. The Oxford Groups of that day threw heavy emphasis on personal work, one member with another. AA's Twelfth Step had its origin in that vital practice. The moral backbone of the "O.G." was absolute honesty, absolute purity, absolute unselfishness and absolute love. They also practiced a type of confession, which they called "sharing"; the making of amends for harms done they called "restitution." They believed deeply in their "quiet <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>e," a meditation practiced by groups and individuals alike, in which the guidance of God was sought for every detail of living, great or small.<br /><br />These basic ideas were not new; they could have been found elsewhere. But the saving thing for us first alcoholics who contacted the Oxford Groupers was that they laid great stress on these particular principles. And fortunate for us was the fact that the Groupers took special pains not to interfere with one's personal religious views. Their society, like ours later on, saw the need to be strictly non-denominational.<br /><br />In the late summer of 1934, my well-loved alcoholic friend and schoolmate "Ebbie" had fallen in with these good folks and had promptly sobered up. Being an alcoholic, and rather on the obstinate side, he hadn't been able to "buy" all the Oxford Group ideas and attitudes. Nevertheless, he was moved by their deep sincerity and felt mighty grateful for the fact that their ministrations had, for the <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>e being, lifted his obsession to drink.<br /><br />When he arrived in <st1:state><st1:place>New York</st1:place></st1:state> in the late fall of 1934, Ebbie thought at once of me. On a bleak November day he rang up. Soon he was looking at me across our kitchen table at <st1:address><st1:street>182 Clinton Street</st1:street>, <st1:city>Brooklyn</st1:city>, <st1:state>New York</st1:state></st1:address>. As I remember that conversation, he constantly used phrases like these: "I found I couldn't run my own life;" "I had to get honest with myself and somebody else;" "I had to make restitution for the damage I had done;" "I had to pray to God for guidance and strength, even though I wasn't sure there was any God;" "And after I'd tried hard to do these things I found that my craving for alcohol left." Then over and over Ebbie would say something like this: "Bill, it isn't a bit like being on the water wagon. You don't fight the desire to drink -- you get released from it. I never had such a feeling before."<br />Such was the sum of what Ebbie had extracted from his Oxford Group friends and had transmitted to me that day. While these simple ideas were not new, they certainly hit me like tons of brick. Today we understand just why that was . . . one alcoholic was talking to another as no one else can.<br /><br />Two or three weeks later, December 11th to be exact, I staggered into the Charles B. Towns Hospital, that famous drying-out emporium on Central Park West, New York City. I'd been there before, so I knew and already loved the doctor in charge -- Dr. Silkworth. It was he who was soon to contribute a very great idea without which AA could never had succeeded. For years he had been proclaiming alcoholism an illness, an obsession of the mind coupled with an allergy of the body. By now I knew this meant me. I also understood what a fatal combination these twin ogres could be. Of course, I'd once hoped to be among the small percentage of vic<st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>s who now and then escape their vengeance. But this outside hope was now gone. I was about to hit bottom. That verdict of science -- the obsession that condemned me to drink and the allergy that condemned me to die -- was about to do the trick. That's where the medical science, personified by this benign little doctor, began to fit it in. Held in the hands of one alcoholic talking to the next, this double-edged truth was a sledgehammer which could shatter the tough alcoholic's ego at depth and lay him wide open to the grace of God.<br /><br />In my case it was of course Dr. Silkworth who swung the sledge while my friend Ebbie carried to me the spiritual principles and the grace which brought on my sudden spiritual awakening at the hospital three days later. [ <st1:date day="14" month="12" year="1934">Dec. 14, 1934</st1:date> ] I immediately knew that I was a free man. And with this astonishing experience came a feeling of wonderful certainty that great numbers of alcoholics might one day enjoy the priceless gift which had been bestowed upon me.<br /><br /><b> Third Influence</b><br /><br />At this point a third stream of influence entered my life through the pages of William <st1:personname>James</st1:personname>' book, "Varieties of Religious Experience." Somebody had brought it to my hospital room. Following my sudden experience, Dr. Silkworth had taken great pains to convince me that I was not hallucinated. But William <st1:personname>James</st1:personname> did even more. Not only, he said, could spiritual experiences make people saner, they could transform men and women so that they could do, feel and believe what had hitherto been impossible to them. It mattered little whether these awakenings were sudden or gradual, their variety could be almost infinite. But the biggest payoff of that noted book was this: in most of the cases described, those who had been transformed were hopeless people. In some controlling area of their lives they had met absolute defeat. Well, that was me all right. In complete defeat, with no hope or faith whatever, I had made an appeal to a Higher Power. I had taken Step One of today's AA program -- "admitted we were powerless over alcohol, that our lives had become unmanageable." I'd also taken Step Three -- "made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to God as we understood him." Thus was I set free. It was just as simple, yet just as mysterious, as that.<br /><br />These realizations were so exciting that I instantly joined up with the Oxford Groups. But to their consternation I insisted on devoting myself exclusively to drunks. This was disturbing to the O.G.'s on two counts. Firstly, they wanted to help save the whole world. Secondly, their luck with drunks had been poor. Just as I joined they had been working over a batch of alcoholics who had proved disappointing indeed. One of them, it was rumored, had flippantly cast his shoe through a valuable stained glass window of an Episcopal church across the alley from O.G. headquarters. Neither did they take kindly to my repeated declaration that it shouldn't take long to sober up all the drunks in the world. They rightly declared that my conceit was still immense.<br /><br />Something Missing<br /><br />After some six months of violent exertion with scores of alcoholics which I found at a nearby mission and <st1:place><st1:placetype>Towns</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype>Hospital</st1:placetype></st1:place>, it began to look like the Groupers were right. I hadn't sobered up anybody. In <st1:place>Brooklyn</st1:place> we always had a houseful of drinkers living with us, some<st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>es as many as five. My valiant wife, Lois, once arrived home from work to find three of them fairly tight. They were whaling each other with two-by-fours. Though events like these slowed me down somewhat, the persistent conviction that a way to sobriety could be found never seemed to leave me. There was, though, one bright spot. My sponsor, Ebbie, still clung precariously to his new-found sobriety.<br /><br />What was the reason for all these fiascoes? If Ebbie and I could achieve sobriety, why couldn't all the rest find it too? Some of those we'd worked on certainly wanted to get well. We speculated day and night why nothing much had happened to them. Maybe they couldn't stand the spiritual pace of the Oxford Group's four absolutes of honesty, purity, unselfishness, and love. In fact some of the alcoholics declared that this was the trouble. The aggressive pressure upon them to get good overnight would make them fly high as geese for a few weeks and then flop dismally. They complained, too, about another form of coercion -- something the Oxford Groupers called "guidance for others." A "team" composed of non-alcoholic Groupers would sit down with an alcoholic and after a "quiet <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>e" would come up with precise instructions as to how the alcoholic should run his own life. As grateful as we were to our O.G. friends, this was some<st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>es tough to take. It obviously had something to do with the wholesale skidding that went on.<br /><br />But this wasn't the entire reason for failure. After months I saw the trouble was mainly in me. I had become very aggressive, very cocksure. I talked a lot about my sudden spiritual experience, as though it was something very special. I had been playing the double role of teacher and preacher. In my exhortations I'd forgotten all about the medical side of our malady, and that need for deflation at depth so emphasized by William <st1:personname>James</st1:personname> had been neglected. We weren't using that medical sledgehammer that Dr. Silkworth had so providentially given us.<br /><br />Finally, one day, Dr. Silkworth took me back down to my right size. Said he, "Bill, why don't you quit talking so much about that bright light experience of yours, it sounds too crazy. Though I'm convinced that nothing but better morals will make alcoholics really well, I do think you have got the cart before the horse. The point is that alcoholics won't buy all this moral exhortation until they convince themselves that they must. If I were you I'd go after them on the medical basis first. While it has never done any good for me to tell them how fatal their malady is, it might be a very different story if you, a formerly hopeless alcoholic, gave them the bad news. Because of this identification you naturally have with alcoholics, you might be able to penetrate where I can't. Give them the medical business first, and give it to them hard. This might soften them up so they will accept the principles that will really get them well."<br /><br /><b> Then Came <st1:city><st1:place>Akron</st1:place></st1:city></b><br /><br />Shortly after this history-making conversation, I found myself in <st1:place><st1:city>Akron</st1:city>, <st1:state>Ohio</st1:state></st1:place>, on a business venture which promptly collapsed. Alone in the town, I was scared to death of getting drunk. I was no longer a teacher or a preacher, I was an alcoholic who knew that he needed another alcoholic as much as that one could possibly need me. Driven by that urge, I was soon face to face with Dr. Bob. It was at once <st1:personname>evi</st1:personname>dent that Dr. Bob knew more of the spiritual things than I did. He also had been in touch with the Oxford Groupers at <st1:city><st1:place>Akron</st1:place></st1:city>. But somehow he simply couldn't get sober. Following Dr. Silkworth's advice, I used the medical sledgehammer. I told him what alcoholism was and just how fatal it could be. Apparently this did something to Dr. Bob. On <st1:date day="10" month="6" year="1935">June 10, 1935</st1:date>, he sobered up, never to drink again. When, in 1939, Dr. Bob's story first appeared in the book, Alcoholics Anonymous, he put one paragraph of it in italics. Speaking of me, he said: "Of far more importance was the fact that he was the first living human with whom I had ever talked, who knew what he was talking about in regard to alcoholism from actual experience."<br /><br /><b> The Missing Link</b><br /><br />Dr. Silkworth had indeed supplied us the missing link without which the chain of principles now forged into our Twelve Steps could never have been complete. Then and there, the spark that was to become Alcoholics Anonymous had been struck.<br /><br />During the next three years after Dr. Bob's recovery our growing groups at <st1:place><st1:city>Akron</st1:city>, <st1:state>New York</st1:state></st1:place> and <st1:city><st1:place>Cleveland</st1:place></st1:city> evolved the so-called word-of-mouth program of our pioneering <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>e. As we commenced to form a society separate from the Oxford Group, we began to state our principles something like this:<br /><br />1. We admitted that we were powerless over alcohol.<br /><br />2. We got honest with ourselves.<br /><br />3. We got honest with another person, in confidence.<br /><br />4. We made amends for harms done others.<br /><br />5. We worked with other alcoholics without demand for prestige or money.<br /><br />6. We prayed to God to help us to do these things as best we could.<br /><br />Though these principles were advocated according to the whim or liking of each of us, and though in Akron and Cleveland they still stuck by the O.G. absolutes of honesty, purity, unselfishness and love, this was the gist of our message to incoming alcoholics up to 1939, when our present Twelve Steps were put to paper.<br /><br />I well remember the evening on which the Twelve Steps was written. I was lying in bed quite dejected and suffering from one of my imaginary ulcer attacks. Four chapters of the book, Alcoholics Anonymous, had been roughed out and read in meetings at <st1:city><st1:place>Akron</st1:place></st1:city> and <st1:state><st1:place>New York</st1:place></st1:state>. We quickly found that everybody wanted to be an author. The hassles as to what should go into our new book were terrific. For example, some wanted a purely psychological book which would draw in alcoholics without scaring them. We could tell them about the "God business" afterwards. A few, led by our wonderful southern friend, Fitz M., wanted a fairly religious book infused with some of the dogma we had picked up from the churches and missions which had tried to help us. The louder the arguments, the more I felt in the middle. It appeared that I wasn't going to be the author at all. I was only going to be an umpire who would decide the contents of the book. This didn't mean, though, that there wasn't terrific enthusiasm for the undertaking. Every one of us was wildly excited at the possibility of getting our message before all those countless alcoholics who still didn't know.<br /><br />Having arrived at Chapter Five, it seemed high <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>e to state what our program really was. I remember running over in my mind the word-of-mouth phrases then in current use. Jotting these down, they added up to the six named above. Then came the idea that our program ought to be more accurately and clearly stated. Distant readers would have to have precise set of principles. Knowing the alcoholic's ability to rationalize, something airtight would have to be written. We couldn't let the reader wiggle out anywhere. Besides, a more complete statement would help in the chapters to come where we would need to show exactly how the recovery program ought to be worked.<br /><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span">12 Steps in 30 Minutes</span></b><br /><br />At length I began to write on a cheap yellow tablet. I split the word-of-mouth program up into smaller pieces, meanwhile enlarging its scope considerably. Uninspired as I felt, I was surprised that in a short <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>e, perhaps half an hour, I had set down certain principles which, on being counted, turned out to be twelve in number. And for some unaccountable reason, I had moved the idea of God into the Second Step, right up front. Besides, I had named God very liberally throughout the other steps. In one of the steps I had even suggested that the newcomer get down on his knees.<br /><br />When this document was shown to our <st1:state><st1:place>New York</st1:place></st1:state> meeting the protests were many and loud. Our agnostic friends didn't go at all for the idea of kneeling. Others said we were talking altogether too much about God. And anyhow, why should there be twelve steps when we had done fine on six? Let's keep it simple, they said.<br /><br />This sort of heated discussion went on for days and nights. But out of it all there came a ten-strike for Alcoholics Anonymous. Our agnostic contingent, speared by Hank P. and Jim B., finally convinced us that we must make it easier for people like themselves by using such terms as "a Higher Power" or "God as we understand Him!" Those expressions, as we so well know today, have proved lifesavers for many an alcoholic. They have enabled thousands of us to make a beginning where none could have been made had we left the steps just as I originally wrote them. Happily for us there were no other changes in the original draft and the number of steps stood at twelve. Little did we then guess that our Twelve Steps would soon be widely approved by clergymen of all denominations and even by our latter-day friends, the psychiatrists.<br /><br />This little fragment of history ought to convince the most skeptical that nobody invented Alcoholics Anonymous.<br /><br /><b>It just grew...by the grace of God.<o:p></o:p></b></v:imagedata></v:imagedata></o:lock></v:path></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:stroke></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.2.3.10/bmi/1.2.3.13/bmi/1.2.3.9/bmi/www.barefootsworld.net/graphics/aa-sayings-ani.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.2.3.10/bmi/1.2.3.13/bmi/1.2.3.9/bmi/www.barefootsworld.net/graphics/aa-sayings-ani.gif" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="width: 317px;"><tbody> </tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><v:shape alt="" id="_x0000_i1056" type="#_x0000_t75"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><v:imagedata href="http://www.minnesotarecovery.info/images/index.3.gif" src="file:///C:%5CWINDOWS%5CTEMP%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.gif"></v:imagedata><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></v:shape></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><a href="http://livingtherecoveryprogramme.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Big Book</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Ch. 1- <a href="http://anonpress.org/bb/Page_1.htm">Bill's Story</a></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b> Ch. 2- <a href="http://anonpress.org/bb/Page_17.htm">There Is A Solution</a><br />Ch. 3- <a href="http://anonpress.org/bb/Page_30.htm">More About Alcoholism</a><br />Ch. 4- <a href="http://anonpress.org/bb/Page_44.htm">We Agnostics</a><br />Ch. 5- <a href="http://anonpress.org/bb/Page_58.htm">How It Works</a><br />Ch. 6- <a href="http://anonpress.org/bb/Page_72.htm">Into Action</a></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><b> </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Ch. 7- <a href="http://anonpress.org/bb/Page_89.htm">Working With Others</a></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Ch. 8- <a href="http://anonpress.org/bb/Page_104.htm">To Wives</a><br />Ch. 9- <a href="http://anonpress.org/bb/Page_122.htm">The Family Afterward</a><br />Ch.10- <a href="http://anonpress.org/bb/Page_136.htm">To Employers</a><br />Ch.11- <a href="http://anonpress.org/bb/Page_151.htm">A Vision For You</a> <a href="http://anonpress.org/bb/foreword.htm">Foreword</a><br /><a href="http://anonpress.org/bb/docsopin.htm">The Doctor's Opinion</a><br /><a href="http://anonpress.org/bb/drbob.htm">The Doctor's Nightmare</a><br /><a href="http://anonpress.org/bb/Spiritualexperience.htm">Spiritual Experience</a></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZxMDcZX50g&amp;feature=player_detailpage#t=76s">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZxMDcZX50g&amp;feature=player_detailpage#t=76s</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNmFjszzrKo&amp;feature=related"><span class="Apple-style-span">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNmFjszzrKo&amp;feature=related</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwIrecwfTy4&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwIrecwfTy4&amp;feature=related</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-fill-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b></b><b></b><b></b></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #000099; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueyVkXUFf5E&amp;feature=related"><span class="Apple-style-span">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueyVkXUFf5E&amp;feature=related</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lXIABNYHeI&amp;feature=related"><span class="Apple-style-span">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lXIABNYHeI&amp;feature=related</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Traditions <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMZ9AYEDZ3E&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMZ9AYEDZ3E&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Traditions <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Te4Tf-J3no&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Te4Tf-J3no&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Tradition 3 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE-N2VRXINA&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE-N2VRXINA&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Tradition 4 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZEdJ6UIy7Q&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZEdJ6UIy7Q&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Tradition 7 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cl4L2grYkc&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cl4L2grYkc&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">AA History <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZxMDcZX50g&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZxMDcZX50g&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Obsession <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNmFjszzrKo&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNmFjszzrKo&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Oxford Group <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg7ckcjb_DY&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg7ckcjb_DY&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">The Oxford Group <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpBM8eXcb7U&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpBM8eXcb7U&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Steps 1-3 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2ePFnF2wkA&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2ePFnF2wkA&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Step 3 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJq47IwsIPw&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJq47IwsIPw&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Steps 4-5 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK6iL_wtYCw&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK6iL_wtYCw&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVpnrO8n_nE&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVpnrO8n_nE&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Promises <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVpnrO8n_nE&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVpnrO8n_nE&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">I was born to win <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CtHFTCLbEI&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CtHFTCLbEI&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Bills story 1 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxKq8tiIqh0&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxKq8tiIqh0&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Bills story 2 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIGTPPxAROc&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIGTPPxAROc&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Bills story 3 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE9QYddTjaA&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE9QYddTjaA&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Bills story 4 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQgpsy7RY2k">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQgpsy7RY2k</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Bills story 5 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ6-4Og9JZ4&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ6-4Og9JZ4&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Bills story 6 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhI2ht63zw4&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhI2ht63zw4&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Bills story 7 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMseMCcMWYE&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMseMCcMWYE&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Bills Story 8 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf9snqcFKoI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf9snqcFKoI</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">The Beginning <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8QHnt1-HJs&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8QHnt1-HJs&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Sam Shoemaker <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jeu5cTS6g8c">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jeu5cTS6g8c</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Chapter 5 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iwBavO4zQM&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iwBavO4zQM&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Carl Jung <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wop91_Gvwos&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wop91_Gvwos&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Carl Jung God <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wop91_Gvwos&amp;feature=player_detailpage">http://www.youtube.com/watch?=wop91_Gvwos&amp;feature=player_detailpage</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Carl Jung 1 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5drUNviakdk&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5drUNviakdk&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Carl Jung 2 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKOeFqzGUpk&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKOeFqzGUpk&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">Carl Jung Death <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-Ab3tlpvYA&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-Ab3tlpvYA&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal">AA Founders <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK_2fHRGb0o">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK_2fHRGb0o</a> </div><div class="MsoNormal">Bills story trk 1 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EKzFOsy1e8&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EKzFOsy1e8&amp;feature=related</a> </div><div class="MsoNormal">Anthony Hopkins <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEECu6E0jBo&amp;feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEECu6E0jBo&amp;feature=related</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10px; text-transform: uppercase;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="http://1.2.3.10/bmi/1.2.3.13/bmi/1.2.3.9/bmi/www.barefootsworld.net/graphics/aa-sayings-ani.gif" /></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><table bg="" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" name="joe-charlie" style="font-size: medium; width: 455px;"><tbody><tr bg=""><td colspan="5"><div align="center"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Joe and Charlie Big Book study</span> - Recorded in 1998</strong><br /><div align="justify">Audio files are in mp3 format and may take several minutes to load. 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text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>1</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/01aahistory1.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">History of A.A.</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">19 min 37 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">4.49 mb</div></td></tr><tr bg=""><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>2</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/02aahistory2.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">History of A.A.</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">17 min 52 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">4.08 mb</div></td></tr><tr bg=""><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>3</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/03aahistory3.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">History of A.A.</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">19 min 17 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">4.41 mb</div></td></tr><tr bg=""><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>4</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/04aahistory4.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">History of A.A.</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">14 min 58 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">3.42 mb</div></td></tr><tr bg=""><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>5</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/05docs_opinion1.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Doctor's Opinion</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">22 min 19 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">5.11 mb</div></td></tr><tr bg=""><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>6</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/06docs_opinion.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Doctor's Opinion</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">24 min 54 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">5.70 mb</div></td></tr><tr bg=""><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>7</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/07docs_opinion.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Doctor's Opinion</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">9 min 51 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">2.25 mb</div></td></tr><tr bg=""><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>8</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/08bills_story1.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bill's Story</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">26 min 14 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">6.00 mb</div></td></tr><tr bg=""><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>9</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/10bills_story2.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bill's Story</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">25 min 26 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">5.78 mb</div></td></tr><tr bg=""><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>10</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/11there_is_a_solution.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">There is a Solution</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">23 min 28 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">5.37 mb</div></td></tr><tr bg=""><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>11</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/12spiritual_experience.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Spiritual Experience</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">17 min 24 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">3.98 mb</div></td></tr><tr bg=""><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>12</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/13there_is_a_solution.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">There is a Solution</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">12 min 59 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">2.97 mb</div></td></tr><tr bg=""><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>13</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/14more_about_alcoholism1.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">More about Alcoholism</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">20 min 53 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">4.78 mb</div></td></tr><tr bg=""><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>14</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/15more_about_alcoholism2.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">More about Alcoholism</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">12 min 42 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">2.90 mb</div></td></tr><tr bg=""><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>15</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/16we_agnostics1.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">We Agnostics</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">20 min 28 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">4.68 mb</div></td></tr><tr bg=""><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>16</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/17we_agnostics2.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">We Agnostics</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">17 min 29 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">4.00 mb</div></td></tr><tr bg=""><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>17</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/18how_it_works1.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">How it Works</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">28 min 01 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">6.41 mb</div></td></tr><tr bg=""><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>18</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/19how_it_works2.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">How it Works</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">32 min 16 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">7.38 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>19</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/20_3rd_step.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The 3rd Step</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">7 min 15 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">1.66 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>20</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/21_4th_step.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The 4th Step</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">20 min 15 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">4.63 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>21</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/22_4th_step2.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The 4th Step</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">27 min 07 sec</div></td><td bg="" nowrap=""><div align="center">6.20 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>22</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/23_4th_step3.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The 4th Step</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">15 min 23 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">3.52 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>23</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/24freedom_from_bondage.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Freedom from Bondage</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">13 min 37 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">3.12 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>24</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/25_4th_step4.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The 4th Step</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">31 min 24 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">7.18 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>25</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/26_4th_step_list_of_fears.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The 4th Step - list of fears</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">22 min 33 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">5.16 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>26</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/27_4th_step_sex_list.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The 4th Step - sex list</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">25 min 57 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">5.94 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>27</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/28_4th_step_harm.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The 4th Step - list of harm</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">7 min 28 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">1.70 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>28</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/29_5th_step.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The 5th Step</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">15 min 16 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">3.49 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>29</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/30_6th_and_7th_step.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The 6th and 7th Step</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">13 min 46 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">3.15 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>30</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/31_8th_step.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The 8th Step</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">9 min 27 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">2.16 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>31</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/32_8th_and_9th_step.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The 8th and 9th Step</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">29 min 45 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">6.81 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>32</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/33_10th_step.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The 10th Step</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">8 min 34 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">1.96 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>33</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/34_11th_step.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;">The 11th Step</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">17 min 17 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">3.95 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong>34</strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/joe-charlie-bb-study/35_12th_step.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;">The 12th Step</a></strong></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">16 min 33 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">3.79 mb</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div align="justify" style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="10" hspace="6" src="http://1.2.3.10/bmi/www.silkworth.net/dot.jpg" title="dot.jpg" width="10" /><strong>Download the 'Big Book' as a Windows Helpfile</strong></div><div align="justify" style="font-size: medium;">Download <u><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/zips/bigbook.zip" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a></strong></u>, follow your browsers prompts to install. This download is in .zip format. You must have an unzip program such as <a href="http://www.winzip.com/" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="WinZip home page."><u><strong>Winzip</strong></u></a> to unzip the file.</div><div align="justify" style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="10" hspace="6" src="http://1.2.3.10/bmi/www.silkworth.net/dot.jpg" title="dot.jpg" width="10" />The above in <a href="http://www.silkworth.net/pdf/big_book.pdf" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="As a pdf file."><u><strong>PDF</strong></u></a> <img border="0" height="10" hspace="6" src="http://1.2.3.10/bmi/www.silkworth.net/dot.jpg" title="dot.jpg" width="10" />for <a href="http://silkworth.net/zips/BBPalmPilot.pdb" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="For Palm Pilot."><u><strong>Palm Pilot</strong></u></a> <img border="0" height="10" hspace="6" src="http://1.2.3.10/bmi/www.silkworth.net/dot.jpg" title="dot.jpg" width="10" />in <a href="http://silkworth.net/zips/BigBookText.zip" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="As plain text."><u><strong>Plain Text</strong></u></a> <img border="0" height="10" hspace="6" src="http://1.2.3.10/bmi/www.silkworth.net/dot.jpg" title="dot.jpg" width="10" />for <a href="http://silkworth.net/zips/BB.DOC.sit" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="For Mac systems."><u><strong>Mac</strong></u></a></div><table bg="" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" name="sandyb" style="font-size: medium; width: 455px;"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td colspan="5"><div align="center"><br /><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Talks by Father Joe Martin</span><br /></strong>Click <u><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/fr_martin/fr_martin.zip" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a></u> to download all in one zip file.</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td><div align="center"><strong>Play</strong></div></td><td><div align="center"><b>_#_</b></div></td><td><div align="center"><b>Discussion</b></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><b>Length</b></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><b>File size</b></div></td></tr><tr bg="" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>1</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/fr_martin/fr-joe-martin-chalk-talk.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Father Martin</a></strong> -giving his 'Chalk Talk'</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">82 min 25 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">14.2 mb</div></td></tr><tr bg="" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>2</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/fr_martin/father_martin_12_Steps.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Father Martin</a></strong> -'Twelve Steps'</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">53 min 56 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">37.0 mb</div></td></tr><tr bg="" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>3</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/fr_martin/father_martin_feelings.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Father Martin</a></strong> -'Feelings'</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">68 min 53 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">47.2 mb</div></td></tr><tr bg="" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>4</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/fr_martin/father_martin_his_story.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Father Martin</a></strong> -'His Story'</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">69 min 48 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">15.9 mb</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="10" hspace="6" src="http://1.2.3.10/bmi/www.silkworth.net/dot.jpg" title="dot.jpg" width="10" /><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/zips/ALCOHOLICS_ANONYMOUS.zip" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;">ALCOHOLICS_ANONYMOUS</a></strong> - this is a large print of the Big Book as a pdf file. This file was created by and sent to me by Major1212<a href="mailto:major1212@pobox.com" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;">major1212@pobox.com</a></div><table bg="" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellsqacing="1" name="sandyb" style="font-size: medium; width: 455px;"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td colspan="5"><div align="center"><br /><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Talks by Father John Doe</span><br /></strong>Click <u><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/father_john_doe/father_john_doe.zip" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a></u> to download all in one zip file.</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td><div align="center"><strong>Play</strong></div></td><td><div align="center"><b>_#_</b></div></td><td><div align="center"><b>Discussion</b></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><b>Length</b></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><b>File size</b></div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>1</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/father_john_doe/aa_john_doe_resentment_1.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Father John Doe</a></strong> -speaking on resentment #1</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">13 min 37 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">1.55 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>2</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/father_john_doe/aa_john_doe_resentment_2.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Father John Doe</a></strong> -speaking on resentment #2</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">16 min 48 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">1.92 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>3</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/father_john_doe/aa_john_doe_resentment_3.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Father John Doe</a></strong> -speaking on resentment #3</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">16 min 28 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">1.88 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>4</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/father_john_doe/aa_john_doe_restore_us_to_sanity_1.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Father John Doe</a></strong> -speaking on sanity #1</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">13 min 21 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">1.52 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>5</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/father_john_doe/aa_john_doe_restore_us_to_sanity_2.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Father John Doe</a></strong> -speaking on sanity #2</td><td nowrap="">13 min 18 sec</td><td nowrap="">1.52 mb</td></tr></tbody></table><div align="justify" style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="10" hspace="6" src="http://1.2.3.10/bmi/www.silkworth.net/dot.jpg" title="dot.jpg" width="10" /><strong>A Study Guide to the AA Big Book -by Ken W.</strong></div><div align="justify" style="font-size: medium;">Access entire <a href="http://www.silkworth.net/bbstudyguide/index.htm" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;"><strong>AA Big Book Study Guide</strong></a> as a single web page [1.63mb] or Download <u><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/bbstudyguide/bbstudy.zip" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a></strong></u> [522kb], follow your browsers prompts to install. This download is in .zip format. You must have an unzip program such as<a href="http://www.winzip.com/" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="WinZip home page."><u><strong>Winzip</strong></u></a> to unzip the file.</div><div align="justify" style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="10" hspace="6" src="http://1.2.3.10/bmi/www.silkworth.net/dot.jpg" title="dot.jpg" width="10" />above as <a href="http://www.silkworth.net/bbstudyguide/guide.pdf" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="As a pdf file."><u><strong>PDF</strong></u></a>/1.57mb<img border="0" height="10" hspace="6" src="http://1.2.3.10/bmi/www.silkworth.net/dot.jpg" title="dot.jpg" width="10" />as a <strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/bbstudyguide/guide.doc" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><u>Word Doc</u></a></strong>/1.59mb <img border="0" height="10" hspace="6" src="http://1.2.3.10/bmi/www.silkworth.net/dot.jpg" title="dot.jpg" width="10" />as a <a href="http://www.silkworth.net/bbstudyguide/guide.exe" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong><u>EXE</u></strong></a>/584kb</div><table bg="" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" name="sandyb" style="font-size: medium; width: 455px;"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td colspan="5"><div align="center"><br /><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Sandy B. - Saturday Morning Live</span></strong><br />Sandy B. of Washington, DC speaking at the Saturday Morning Live Group in Washington, DC in Jan., Feb. and Mar. 1994<br />Click <u><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/sandy_b/sandy_b.zip" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a></u> to download all in one zip file. This download includes all 16 talks, on this page, by Sandy B.</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td width="32"><div align="center"><strong>Play</strong></div></td><td width="32"><div align="center"><b>Part</b></div></td><td width="188"><div align="center"><b>Discussion</b></div></td><td nowrap="" width="98"><div align="center"><b>Length</b></div></td><td nowrap="" width="61"><div align="center"><b>File size</b></div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>1</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/sandy_b/sandyb_step1_94.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Step 1</a></strong> -Sat. Morning Live Group, Washington, DC - 01/01/94</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">40 min 13 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">4.7 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>2</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/sandy_b/sandyb_step2_94.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Step 2</a></strong> -Sat. Morning Live Group, Washington, DC - 01/08/94</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">44 min 17 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">5.1 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>3</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/sandy_b/sandyb_step3_94.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Step 3</a></strong> -Sat. Morning Live Group, Washington, DC - 01/15/94</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">45 min 02 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">5.2 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>4</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/sandy_b/sandyb_step4_94.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Step 4</a></strong> -Sat. Morning Live Group, Washington, DC - 01/22/94</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">37 min 47 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">4.4 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>5</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/sandy_b/sandyb_step5_94.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Step 5</a></strong> -Sat. Morning Live Group, Washington, DC - 01/29/94</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">45 min 08 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">5.2 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>6</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/sandy_b/sandyb_step6_94.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Step 6</a></strong> -Sat. Morning Live Group, Washington, DC - 02/05/94</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">44 min 07 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">5.1 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>7</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/sandy_b/sandyb_step7_94.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Step 7</a></strong> -Sat. Morning Live Group, Washington, DC - 02/12/94</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">43 min 52 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">5.1 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>8</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/sandy_b/sandyb_step8_94.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Step 8</a></strong> -Sat. Morning Live Group, Washington, DC - 02/19/94</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">45 min 10 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">5.2 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>9</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/sandy_b/sandyb_step9_94.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Step 9</a></strong> -Sat. Morning Live Group, Washington, DC - 02/26/94</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">43 min 57 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">5.1 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>10</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/sandy_b/sandyb_step10_94.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Step 10</a></strong> -Sat. Morning Live Group, Washington, DC - 03/05/94</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">44 min 43 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">5.2 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>11</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/sandy_b/sandyb_step11_94.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Step 11</a></strong> -Sat. Morning Live Group, Washington, DC - 03/12/94</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">44 min 18 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">5.1 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>12</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/sandy_b/sandyb_step12_94.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Step 12</a></strong> -Sat. Morning Live Group, Washington, DC - 03/19/94</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">45 min 11 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">5.2 mb</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-size: medium;"><br /></div><table bg="" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" name="sandyb" style="font-size: medium; width: 455px;"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td colspan="5"><div align="center"><br /><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Other talks by Sandy B. of Washington, D.C.</span></strong></div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td valign="top"><div align="center"><strong>Play</strong></div></td><td><div align="center"><b>_#_</b></div></td><td><div align="center"><b>Discussion</b></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><b>Length</b></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><b>File size</b></div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td valign="top"><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>1</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/sandy_b/sandyb_maryland1998.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sandy B.</a></strong> -speaking at Maryland State Convention - 1998</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">46 min 30 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">10.7 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td valign="top"><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>2</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/sandy_b/sandyb_may2001.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sandy B.</a></strong> -speaking at the 28th Gopher State Roundup - May 25th - 27th 2001</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">61 min 20 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">14.1 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td valign="top"><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>3</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/sandy_b/sandyb_sunlightofthespirit2001.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sandy B.</a></strong> -speaking at Sunlight of the Spirit in York, PA - August 17th 2001</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">53 min 58 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">12.3 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td valign="top"><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>4</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/sandy_b/sandyb_spiritualprinciples2002.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sandy B.</a></strong> -speaking on the topic of "Spiritual Principles" in Merietta, GA - October 2002</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">57 min 10 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">13.0 mb</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="10" hspace="6" src="http://1.2.3.10/bmi/www.silkworth.net/dot.jpg" title="dot.jpg" width="10" /><strong>Download Random Big Book quotes for Windows</strong></span><br /><div style="font-size: medium;">This program generates random Big Book quotes that appear on your computer screen.</div></div><div align="justify" style="font-size: medium;">Download <u><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/zips/odaatw.zip" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a></strong></u> and follow your browsers prompts to install. The file is compressed as a self-extracting archive (.exe) format. Just "run" it and it will decompress itself.</div><div align="center" style="font-size: medium;"></div><table bg="" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" name="sandyb" style="font-size: medium; width: 455px;"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td colspan="5"><div align="center"><div align="center"><br /><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Sister Ignatia Gavin and A.A.</span><br /></strong>Sister Ignatia Gavin, a tiny Irish-American nun, helped initiate medical treatment for alcoholics in Akron. It is estimated that during her career, <a href="http://www.silkworth.net/aahistory/Ignatia.html" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;"><u>Sister Ignatia</u></a> helped over 10,000 alcoholics.</div></div><div align="center">Click <u><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/sister_ignatia/sister_ignatia.zip" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a></u> to download all in one zip file.<br /><br /></div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td valign="top"><div align="center"><strong>Play</strong></div></td><td><div align="center"><b>_#_</b></div></td><td><div align="center"><b>Discussion</b></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><b>Length</b></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><b>File size</b></div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td valign="top"><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>1</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/sister_ignatia/Sister_Ignatia_1947.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sister Ignatia</a></strong> -1947</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">28 min 46 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">6.58 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td valign="top"><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>2</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/sister_ignatia/Sister_Ignatia_Angel_of_AA.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sister Ignatia</a></strong> -aslo know as: Angel of Alcoholics Anonymous</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">31 min 09 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">7.13 mb</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div align="justify" style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="10" hspace="6" src="http://1.2.3.10/bmi/www.silkworth.net/dot.jpg" title="dot.jpg" width="10" /><strong>Download 'Fourth Step Inventory'</strong> (ZIP-PDF)<br />Guide includes worksheets to help you complete this important step.</div><div align="justify" style="font-size: medium;">Download <u><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/zips/4thStep2.zip" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a></strong></u>, follow your browsers prompts to install. This download is in .zip format. You must have an unzip program such as <a href="http://www.winzip.com/" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="WinZip home page."><u><strong>Winzip</strong></u></a> to unzip the file.</div><table bg="" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" name="sandyb" style="font-size: medium; width: 455px;"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td colspan="5"><div align="center"><br /><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Ann P. (Irish Annie) from Huntington Beach</span></strong><br />Click <a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/ann_p/ann_p.zip" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a> to download all in one zip file.</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td><strong>Play</strong></td><td><div align="center"><b>_#_</b></div></td><td><div align="center"><b>Discussion</b></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><b>Length</b></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><b>File size</b></div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>1</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/ann_p/AnnP_el_paso.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Ann P.</a></strong> -Speaking in El Paso</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">68 min 10 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">12.1 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>2</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/ann_p/AnnP_orangeCA.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Ann P.</a></strong> -Speaking in Orange, CA March 1st 1998</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">59 min 35 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">10.3 mb</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div align="left" style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" height="10" hspace="6" src="http://1.2.3.10/bmi/www.silkworth.net/dot.jpg" title="dot.jpg" width="10" /><strong> 'Diary of Two Motorcycle Hobos'</strong> (HTML) *<br />A Diary by Lois Wilson — Bill and Lois — their journey up and down the east coast of the United States, from Thursday, April 16, 1925 to Monday, April 12, 1927 - <em>Wilson, Lois, Copyright © Ellie van V., 1998 All rights reserved. No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means. All Copyright, Publisher, Printing, as well as contact information, is included in this Read me text file.</em> (Please be sure to read the <strong>_Read me.txt</strong> file first before openning: <strong>diary_index.html</strong>)</div><div align="left" style="font-size: medium;">* Diary of Two Motorcycle Hobos made available here for research and historical purposes only.</div><div align="left" style="font-size: medium;">* The <a href="http://www.steppingstones.org/contactus.html" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Stepping Stones Foundation</strong></a> demanded that I remove the above from this site. Diary of Two Motorcycle Hobos is no longer available from silkworth.net for historical and research purposes.</div><table bg="" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" name="sandyb" style="font-size: medium; width: 455px;"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td colspan="4"><div align="center"><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"<strong>My Name is Bill W." -The Movie</strong></span></div><div align="justify">A Garner-Duchow Productions. Starring James Woods as Bill Wilson, James Garner as Dr. Bob Smith and JoBeth Williams as Lois Wilson. If you have difficulty in viewing this movie, then right click on the link and then choose, "Save Target As" and save the file to your computer so you can view the movie in a Video Player of your choosing. You could also download the free <a href="http://files.uberdownloads.com/software/video-player/VLC.html" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><u>VLC Media Player</u></a> which seems to work very good. Movie quality: Excellent </div></div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td><div align="center"><b>_#_</b></div></td><td><div align="center"><b>Movie</b></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><b>Length</b></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><b>File size</b></div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><strong>1</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/streaming/My_Name_is_Bill_W.avi" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">My Name is Bill W.</a></strong> -The true story of the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">100 min</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">699 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td colspan="4"><div align="center"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />"When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story"</span></strong></div><div align="justify">A Hallmark Hall of Fame Movie. Starring Winona Ryder as Lois Wilson, Barry Pepper as Bill Wilson, Adam Greydon Reid as Ebby Thatcher. If you have difficulty in viewing this movie, then right click on the link and then choose, "Save Target As" and save the file to your computer so you can view the movie in a Video Player of your choosing. Movie quality: Excellent<br /><br /></div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><strong>2</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/streaming/WhenLoveIsNotEnough.avi" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story</a></strong></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">97 min</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">701 mb</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-size: medium;"><br /></div><table bg="" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" name="sandyb" style="font-size: medium; width: 455px;"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td colspan="5"><div align="center"><br /><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/aahistory/billw.html" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;"><u>Bill Wilson</u></a> and <u><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/pdfDrBob/pdfDrBob.html" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;">Dr. </a></u><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/pdfDrBob/pdfDrBob.html" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;"><u>Bob Smith</u></a></span></strong><br />(cofounders of Alcoholics Anonymous)<br />Click <u><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/bill_w/bill_w.zip" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a></u> to download all in one zip file of Bill W.<br />Click <u><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/drbob/drbob.zip" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a></u> to download all in one zip file of Dr. Bob.</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td><strong>Play</strong></td><td><div align="center"><b>_#_</b></div></td><td><div align="center"><b>Discussion</b></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><b>Length</b></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><b>File size</b></div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>1</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/bill_w/BillW_BobS_Cleveland1950.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bill W. and Dr. Bob S.</a></strong> -1st International Convention, Cleveland, Ohio 1950</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">68 min 46 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">11.9 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>2</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/bill_w/BillW_Atlanta1951.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bill W.</a></strong> -speaking in Atlanta, Georgia 1951</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">73 min 42 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">12.7 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>3</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/bill_w/BillW_3rdGSC1952.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bill W.</a></strong> -speaking at the 3rd General Service Convention</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">59 min 44 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">10.3 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>4</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/bill_w/BillW_SpiritualExperience1966.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bill W.</a></strong> -The Spiritual Experience - It's a Matter of Grace - Recorded in 1966</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">42 min 12 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">19.4 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>5</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/bill_w/BillW_bbhistory.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bill W.</a></strong> -telling the history of the Big Book</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">66 min 09 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">11.4 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>6</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/bill_w/BillW_12traditions.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bill W.</a></strong> -talking on the 12 Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">59 min 29 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">27.3 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>7</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/bill_w/BillW_3legaciesPt1.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bill W.</a></strong> -speaking on A.A.'s Three Legacies [Part 1]</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">42 min 51 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">19.6 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>8</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/bill_w/BillW_3legaciesPt2.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;">Bill W.</a></strong> -speaking on A.A.'s Three Legacies [Part 2]</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">42 min 51 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">19.6 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>9</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/bill_w/Bill-W-Ok-Conf-1951.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bill W.</a></strong> -speaking at the Oklahoma State Conference in Oklahoma City, OK - May 1951</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">45 min 42 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">10.4 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>10</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/bill_w/Bill-W-2nd-Talk-Dallas-TX-2-1951.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bill W.</a></strong> -2nd Talk Dallas TX 2-1951</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">114 min 10 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">26.1 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>11</strong></div></td><td><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/bill_w/Bill-W-18th-Annv-Dinner-NY-11-10-52.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><strong>Bill W.</strong></a> -speaking at the 18th Anniversary Dinner NY 11-10-52</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">43 min 23 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">9.93 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>12</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/bill_w/Bill-W-20th-Dinner-NY-11-9-1954.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bill W.</a></strong> -speaking at the 20th Anniversary Dinner NY 11-9-1954</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">62 min 58 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">14.4 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>13</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/bill_w/Bill-W-1947.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bill W.</a></strong> -1947</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">18 min 22 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">4.20 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>14</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/bill_w/Bill-W-Into-Sam-Shoemaker-7-1-55.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bill W.</a></strong> -Intoduction of Sam Shoemaker at St Louis MO 7-1-55</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">33 min 29 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">7.66 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>15</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/bill_w/Bill-W-Cleveland-OH-1st-Intern-1950.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bill W.</a></strong> -speaking at the Cleveland OH 1st International 1950</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">73 min 14 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">16.7 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>16</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/bill_w/Bill-W-W-R-A-Ft-Worth-TX-6-13-1954.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bill W.</a></strong> -speaking at Will Roger Auditorium Ft Worth TX 6-13-1954</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">84 min 12 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">19.2 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>17</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/bill_w/Bill-W-Reading-HOW-IT-WORKS.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bill W.</a></strong> -Reading HOW IT WORKS</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">5 min 30 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">1.26 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>18</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/bill_w/Bill-W-speaking-Memphis-9-20-1947.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bill W.</a></strong> -speaking in Memphis, TN 9-20-1947</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">117 min 32 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">26.9 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>19</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/bill_w/Bill-W-Tex-State-Conf-1954-talk-book-to.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bill W.</a></strong> -Texas State Conference 1954 talk about the book . . .</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">77 min 37 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">17.7 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>20</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/bill_w/Bill-W-Tx-State-Conf-Dallas-1951-Pt-1.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bill W.</a></strong> -Texas State Conference Dallas TX 1951 Part 1 of 2</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">56 min 28 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">12.9 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>21</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/bill_w/Bill-W-Tx-State-Conf-Dallas-1951-Pt-2.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Bill W.</a></strong> -Texas State Conference Dallas TX 1951 Part 2 of 2</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">56 min 36 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">12.9 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>22</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/drbob/Sister-Ignatia-about-Dr-Bob.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sister Ignatia</a></strong> -speaking about Dr. Bob</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">32 min 11 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">7.36 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>23</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/drbob/Dr-Bob-Sister-Ignatia-Bil-W-NY-April-1947.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Dr. Bob</a></strong> -from Akron, OH, Sister Ignatia from Akron, OH and Bill W. from New York, NY - April 1947</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">88 min 09 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">20.1 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>24</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/drbob/DrBob.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Dr. Bob</a></strong> -on the early days of Alcoholics Anonymous</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">50 min 42 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">5.8 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>25</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/drbob/DrBobLast.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Dr. Bob</a></strong> -His Last Talk</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">4 min 11 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">492 kb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td colspan="5"><div align="center"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/aahistory/loisw.html" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;"><u>Lois Wilson</u></a></strong> </span>(Ala-non)<br />Click <u><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/ala-non/lois-w-seconference198232.zip" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a></u> to download all in one zip file.<br /><br /></div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center">_<strong>1</strong>_</div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/ala-non/lois-w-seconference198232.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Lois Wilson</a></strong> -speaking in West Virginia at the 38th SE Conference, 1982</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">44 min 10 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">10.1 mb</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="font-size: medium;"></div></div><div class="note" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><div align="left"><table align="center" bg="" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" name="sandyb" style="width: 455px;"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td colspan="5"><div align="center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><br /><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/chs/index.html" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Clarence Snyder</span></u></a></strong><br />Click <u><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/ClarenceS/ClarenceS.zip" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a></u> to download all in one zip file.</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><td><strong>Play</strong></td><td><div align="center"><b>_#_</b></div></td><td><div align="center"><b>Discussion</b></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><b>Length</b></div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center"><b>File size</b></div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>1</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/ClarenceS/clarence-s-1966.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Clarence Snyder</a></strong> -from Cleveland, OH - 1966</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">78 min 04 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">17.9 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>2</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/ClarenceS/ClarenceS-7-15-75.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Clarence Snyder</a></strong> -11th Step Retreat, Camp Monroe Retreat 07/15/1975</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">77 min 05 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">8.8 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>3</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/ClarenceS/CSnyder_History_1975.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Clarence Snyder</a></strong> -Giving a history talk in 1975.</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">88 min 05 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">10.0 mb</div></td></tr><tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><td><div align="center"><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/freestuff.html#" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" title="Click to listen now."><img alt="Click to listen now." border="0" height="11" src="http://1.2.3.13/bmi/www.silkworth.net/images/bluearrow_2.gif" title="Click to listen now." width="11" /></a></div></td><td><div align="center"><strong>4</strong></div></td><td><strong><a href="http://www.silkworth.net/music/mp3/ClarenceS/CSnyder_HowItWorks_1982.mp3" style="color: #003366; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Clarence Snyder</a></strong> -How It Works talk in 1982</td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">73 min 35 sec</div></td><td nowrap=""><div align="center">8.4 mb</div><div><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><a href="http://www.barefootsworld.net/aahistory.html"><b>AA History Articles on the Recovery Site</b></a><br /><b><a href="http://www.barefootsworld.net/aaasset.html">Our Greatest Asset -- Our History</a> <o:p></o:p></b><br /><b><a href="http://www.aa.org/bigbookonline">The 4th Edition Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous Online</a> <o:p></o:p></b><br /><b><a href="http://anonpress.org/phone/">World-Wide Alcoholics Anonymous Intergroup Phone Numbers</a> <o:p></o:p></b><br /><a href="http://www.aa-intergroup.org/index.html"><b>Online Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous</b></a> <o:p></o:p><br /><o:p></o:p><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /><hr align="center" color="black" size="2" style="width: 390.25pt;" width="520" /></div><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;"></span></b><br /><table cellspacing="10" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><br /><center><span style="color: purple;"><div style="font-family: Algerian; margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">alcoholics anonymous:</span></div></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Algerian;"><h3><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">a photographic journey through its history...</span></span></h3></span><b>Click on the links below to view images.</b></center></td></tr><tr valign="TOP"><td align="left" width="50%"><h3 style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: purple;">Pre-AA Days</span></h3><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_01.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Bill W.</a></b><br />Just before going overseas.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_02.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Bill W.</a></b><br />In uniform and on horseback.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_03.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Bill W.</a></b><br />A smiling soldier.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_04.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Bill and Lois</a></b><br />At Fort Adams, Rhode Island, June 1918</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_05.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Bill and Lois</a></b><br />Packing for another trip.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_06.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Lois</a></b><br />Was really the Harley rider but Bill showed off here.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_07.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Lois</a></b><br />Usually was asked to drive.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_08.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Lois W.</a></b><br />Smiling for the camera.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><br /></div><h3 style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: purple;">Early Friends of A.A.</span></h3><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_09.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Ruth Hock</a></b><br />Ruth was AA's first secretary and typed the manuscript for the Big Book.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_10.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Dr. Silkworth</a></b><br />Dr. Silkworth wrote the Dr.'s Opinion in the Big Book and was Bill's physician at Towns Hospital in New York</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_11.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Rev. Samuel M. Shoemaker</a></b><br />Sam was the pastor at Calvary Episcopal Church in New York where he headed the Oxford Group there. He was also a great friend of early AA.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_12.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Henrietta Seiberling</a></b><br />It was at Henrietta's home where Bob and Bill met for the first time on Mother's Day in 1935.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_13.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Henrietta's home</a></b><br />The Gatehouse on the Seiberling Estate in Akron, Ohio.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_14.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">T. Henry and Clarace Williams</a></b><br />It was at the home of T. Henry and Clarace where Dr. Bob and many of the early founding members of AA met for Oxford Group meetings.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_15.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">The Williams' Home</a></b><br />In Akron, Ohio</div><h3 style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: purple;">Memorabilia</span></h3><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_16.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Dust Jacket</a></b><br />This was an early proposed Dust Jacket design for the First Edition Big Book.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_17.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Liberty Magazine</a></b><br />The September 1939 Liberty Magazine with an article entitled, "Alcoholics And God." AA's first National publicity.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_18.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Saturday Evening Post</a></b><br />This is the March 1, 1941 Saturday Evening Post magazine containing AA's first major publicity. As a result of this Jack Alexander article, AA's membership nearly doubled.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_19.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Stock Certificate</a></b><br />In order to finance the printing of the First Edition Big Book, stock certificates were sold to early AA members and others.</div></td><td align="left" width="50%"><h3 style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: purple;">A.A. Pioneers</span></h3><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_20.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Hank P.</a></b><br />Hank's story,&nbsp;<u><em>THE UNBELIEVER</em></u>&nbsp;is in the First Edition</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_21.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Clarence S.</a></b><br />Clarence's story,&nbsp;<u><em>HOME BREWMEISTER</em></u>&nbsp;is in all three editions.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_22.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Ernie G.</a></b><br />Ernie's story,&nbsp;<u><em>THE SEVEN MONTH SLIP</em></u>&nbsp;is in the First Edition</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_23.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Charlie S.</a></b><br />Charlie's story,&nbsp;<u><em>RIDING THE RODS</em></u>&nbsp;is in the First Edition</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_24.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Bob O.</a></b><br />Bob's story,&nbsp;<u><em>THE SALESMAN</em></u>&nbsp;is in the First Edition</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_25.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Archie T.</a></b><br />Archie's story,&nbsp;<u><em>THE FEARFUL ONE</em></u>&nbsp;is in the First Edition</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">In later editions, his story is called&nbsp;<u><em>THE MAN WHO MASTERED FEAR</em></u></div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_26.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Dick S.</a></b><br />Dick's story,&nbsp;<u><em>THE CAR SMASHER</em></u>&nbsp;is in the First Edition</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_27.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Bill D.</a></b><br />Bill's story,&nbsp;<u><em>ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS NUMBER THREE</em></u>&nbsp;is in the Second and Third Edition</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_28.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Abby G.</a></b><br />Abby's story,&nbsp;<u><em>HE THOUGHT HE COULD DRINK LIKE A GENTLEMAN</em></u>&nbsp;is in the Second and Third Edition</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_29.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Marty M.</a></b><br />Marty's story,&nbsp;<u><em>WOMEN SUFFER TOO</em></u>&nbsp;is in the Second and Third Edition</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_30.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Ethel M.</a></b><br />Ethel's story,&nbsp;<u><em>FROM FARM TO CITY</em></u>&nbsp;is in the Second and Third Edition</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_31.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Earl T.</a></b><br />Earl's story,&nbsp;<u><em>HE SOLD HIMSELF SHORT</em></u>&nbsp;is in the Second and Third Edition</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_32.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Sylvia K.</a></b><br />Sylvia's story,&nbsp;<u><em>THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM</em></u>&nbsp;is in the Second and Third Edition</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_33.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Esther A.</a></b><br />Esther's story,&nbsp;<u><em>A FLOWER OF THE SOUTH</em></u>&nbsp;is in the second and Third Edition</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_34.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Ebby T.</a></b><br /><span style="color: black;">This is the last reported photo of Ebby before he passed on.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_35.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Dr. Bob and Anne</a></b><br />Dr. Bob was a co-founder of A.A. and Anne S. held the first meetings for wives in Akron.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_36.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Early Members</a></b><br />Just prior to the first AA World Service Conference and Convention in 1950, Bill W. visited Cleveland, Ohio and met with some of the early members there.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_37.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Group Photo</a></b><br />An early, 1940's informal group photo of members in California (possibly Long Beach). Bill W. is on the right and Dr. Bob on the left. Anne S., Dr. Bob's wife is in the center with a cigarette.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_38.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Bill and Dr. Bob</a></b><br />Dr. Bob and Bill W. with an unidentified man (possibly Dr. Harry Tiebout) in Akron, Ohio.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_39.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Bill D. and Sue</a></b><br />Bill D., AA #3 with Dr. Bob's daughter Sue.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_40.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Bill D. and Helen B.</a></b><br />Bill D., AA #3 with Helen B., an early AA Grapevine Editor.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_41.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Another "Man on the Bed" Photo</a></b><br />Bill W. visiting a prospective AA member in a hospital. Another "Man On The Bed" picture.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_42.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Bill and Lois</a></b><br />A Later Christmas picture.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><a href="http://silkworth.net/mitchellk/aahistoryphotos/photo_43.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Bill and Lois</a></b><br />After Anne S.'s funeral.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; background-color: white;"><b></b></span></span></b><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 532px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="4" width="528"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Pioneers of Alcoholics Anonymous – 1934 – 1939</span></b><b></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; background-color: white;"><b><table border="0" cellpadding="0" style="display: inline !important; width: 532px;"><tbody style="display: inline !important;"><tr style="display: inline !important;"><td colspan="4" style="display: inline !important;" width="528"><div align="center" style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>All Below Achieved At Least Some Period of Sobriety.</b></div></td></tr></tbody></table></b></span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; background-color: white;"><b><table border="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 532px;"></table></b></span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; background-color: white;"><b><table border="0" cellpadding="0" style="display: inline !important; width: 532px;"><tbody style="display: inline !important;"><tr style="display: inline !important;"><td colspan="4" style="display: inline !important;" width="528"><div align="center" style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Some who failed may have achieved permanent sobriety later.</b></div></td></tr></tbody></table></b></span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; background-color: white;"><b><table border="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 532px;"></table></b></span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; background-color: white;"><b><table border="0" cellpadding="0" style="display: inline !important; width: 532px;"><tbody style="display: inline !important;"><tr style="display: inline !important;"><td colspan="4" style="display: inline !important;" width="528"><div align="center" style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Bolded Names Achieved Permanent Sobriety.</i></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table></b></span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; background-color: white;"><b><table border="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 532px;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="4" width="528"><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><b></b><br /><div style="text-align: left;"></div></td></tr><tr><td width="56"><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>1934</b></div></td><td width="120"><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Name</b></div></td><td width="132"><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Location</b></div></td><td width="214"><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Comment/Big Book Story</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Dec 11</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Bill Wilson</i></b><i></i></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">New York</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Co-Founder of AA – Bill's Story</div></td></tr><tr><td><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>1935</b></div></td><td colspan="3" width="471"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><br /></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Jun 10</b></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Dr.Bob Smith</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Co-Founder of AA – Dr. Bob's Nightmare</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">June</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Eddie Reilly</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Akron</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Sobered in 1949</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">June</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Dr. McK.</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Akron</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Failed to gain long term sobriety</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>June</b></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Bill Dotson</b><b></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Alcoholics Anonymous No.3 – 2nd Ed</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">July</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Ernie Gailbraith</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Akron</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">The Seven Month Slip – (An In-and-Outer Slipper)</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Aug</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Wes Wyman</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Akron</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Sobered in 1949</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Sept</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Hank Parkhurst</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">New York</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">The Unbeliever – 4 yrs. Sober<br />Drunk Sept 1939</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><i><b>Sept</b></i></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Phil Smith</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><br /></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><i><b>Oct</b></i></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>John Henry "Fitz" Mayo</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>New York</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Our Southern Friend</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">1935</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Freddie B.</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">New York</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Failed to gain long term sobriety</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">1935</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Brooke B.</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">New York</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Failed to gain long term sobriety</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">1935</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Bill R.</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">New York</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Failed to gain long term sobriety</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">1935</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Ernest M.</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">New York</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Failed to gain long term sobriety</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">1935</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Herb D.</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">New York</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Failed to gain long term sobriety</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">1935</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Alec</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">New York</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Failed to gain long term sobriety</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">1935</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Russ R.</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">New York</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Failed to gain long term sobriety</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">1935</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Bill C.</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">New York</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Failed to gain long term sobriety</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">1935</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Victor</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">New York</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Failed to gain long term sobriety</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">1935</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Lil</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">New York</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Failed to gain long term sobriety</div></td></tr><tr><td><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>1936</b></div></td><td colspan="3" width="471"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><br /></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Jan</b></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Harold Grisinger</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><br /></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Feb</b></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Walter Bray</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>The Back-Slider</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Apr</b></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Joe Doeppler</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>The European Drinker</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Apr</b></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Myron Williams</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>New York</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Hindsight</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>July</b></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Paul Stanley</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Truth Freed Me</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Sept</b></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>J. D. Holmes</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><br /></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Sept</b></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Holland Spencer</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><br /></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Dec</b></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Bob Oviatt</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>The Salesman</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>1937</b></div></td><td colspan="3" width="471"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><br /></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Feb</b></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Dick Stanley</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>The Car Smasher</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Feb</b></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Don McLean</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>New York</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><br /></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Feb</b></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Bill Rudell</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>New York</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>A Business Man's Recovery</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Feb</b></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Lloyd Tate</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><br /></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Feb</b></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Bill Van Horn</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Ward Of The Probate Court</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Mar</b></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Harry Zoellers</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>A Close Shave</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Mar</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Florence Rankin</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">New York</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">A Feminine Victory - Returned to drinking &amp; suicide 1939</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Apr</b></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Earl Treat</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>He Sold Himself Short</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><i><b>Apr</b></i></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Bob Evans</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><br /></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><i><b>May</b></i></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Wally Gillam</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Fired Again</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><i><b>May</b></i></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Charlie Simonson</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Riding The Rods</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><i><b>July</b></i></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Jim Scott</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Traveler, Editor, Scholar</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">July</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Paul Kellogg</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">New York</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Failed to gain long term sobriety</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><i><b>Sept</b></i></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Bill Jones</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Cleveland</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><br /></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><i><b>Oct</b></i></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Jack Williams</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>New York</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><br /></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><i><b>Nov</b></i></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Tom Lucas</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>My Wife And I</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Dec</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Ned Poynter</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">New York</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Continued Sobriety Unknown</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">1937</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Jane S.</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Cleveland</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Sober a few months, Failed to gain long term sobriety</div></td></tr><tr><td><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>1938</b></div></td><td colspan="3" width="471"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><br /></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><i><b>Jan</b></i></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i><a href="http://www.barefootsworld.net/aaburwell.html" style="color: #5580ff; text-decoration: underline;">Jim Burwell</a></i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>New York</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Slipped, DOS June 15, 1938<br />The Vicious Cycle – 2nd Ed.</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><i><b>Feb</b></i></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Clarence Snyder</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Cleveland</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Home Brewmeister</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><i><b>Feb</b></i></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Charlie Jones</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><br /></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><i><b>Feb</b></i></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Ray Campbell</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>New York</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>An Artist's Concept</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Feb</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Van Wagner</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">New York</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Continued Sobriety Unknown</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Feb</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Jack Darrow</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">New York</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Continued Sobriety Unknown</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><i><b>Feb</b></i></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Norman Hunt</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>New York</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Educated Agnostic</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><i><b>Feb</b></i></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Harold Sears</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>New York</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Smile With Me, At Me</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Apr</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Capt. Coxe</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">New York</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Continued Sobriety Unknown</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><i><b>May</b></i></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Abby Goldrick</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>He Thought He Could Drink – 2nd Ed.</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">May</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Bert Taylor</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">New York</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Continued Sobriety Unknown</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">May</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Bob Taylor</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">New York</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Continued Sobriety Unknown</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">June</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">George Williams</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">New York</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Continued Sobriety Unknown</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">June</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Joseph Taylor</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">New York</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Continued Sobriety Unknown</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><i><b>June</b></i></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Harry Brick</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>New York</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>A Different Slant</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><i><b>June</b></i></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Ralph Furlong</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>New York</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Another Prodigal Story</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">July</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Bud Emerson</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">New York</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Continued Sobriety Unknown</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><i><b>Sept</b></i></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Archie Trowbridge</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>The Fearful One</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><i><b>Sept</b></i></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Horace Maher</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>New York</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>On His Way</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><i><b>Oct</b></i></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>John Dolan</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><br /></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><i><b>Dec</b></i></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Vaughn Phelps</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><br /></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><i><b>Dec</b></i></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Horace Crystal</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>New York</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Wrote Grapevine Articles, 1944</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><i><b>1938</b></i></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Bill H.</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Cleveland</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>slipped, later gained permanent sobriety</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><i><b>1938</b></i></div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b><i>Delmar Tyron</i><i></i></b></div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Akron</b></div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Ace Full, Seven-Eleven (wrote story Thanksgiving 1938)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>1939</b></div></td><td colspan="3" width="471"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><br /></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Jan</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Pat Cooper</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Calif.</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">The Lone Endeavor</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" width="528"><div align="center" style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><b>Unknown Sobriety Dates</b></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">N/A</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Doc Moran</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Akron</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Continued Sobriety Unknown</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">N/A</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Harold Grissom</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Akron</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Continued Sobriety Unknown</div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">N/A</div></td><td width="120"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Dr. Howard S.</div></td><td width="132"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Akron</div></td><td width="214"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;">Continued Sobriety Unknown</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" width="528"><div style="margin-bottom: 13px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></b></span></span></b></div><br /><b>For the Newcomer</b> - <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="http://www.barefootsworld.net/20quests.html"><b>20 Questions That Only You Can Answer</b></a> <o:p></o:p><br /><b>For the Recovering Alcoholic</b> - <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> <b> </b></span><a href="http://www.barefootsworld.net/aarecoveringalcoholic.html"><b>20 Questions That Only You Can Answer</b></a> <o:p></o:p><br /><a href="http://www.barefootsworld.net/aahismaster.html">..."His Master Demanded To Be Fed!"... </a><br /><b>Can You Identify??</b> <o:p></o:p><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.barefootsworld.net/aadrunksremember.html">Hey, You Drunks ... 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Acronyms</a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><v:shape alt="" id="_x0000_i1051" type="#_x0000_t75"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><v:imagedata href="http://www.minnesotarecovery.info/images/index.3.gif" src="file:///C:%5CWINDOWS%5CTEMP%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.gif"></v:imagedata></span><span style="font-size: 10px;"><o:p></o:p></span></v:shape><br /><h1 align="center" style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=15886551&amp;postID=112522721738122242" name="top_of_tablemate"></a>An Early Step Study Guide</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></h1><b>. <o:p></o:p></b><br />This little booklet, originally titled "Alcoholics Anonymous: An interpretation of our Twelve Steps," was widely used in the early days of A.A. in the Northwest. It was not produced by Alcoholics Anonymous, but rather was printed and subsequently modified by several different publishers. It was, perhaps, the earliest attempt at a guide to the Twelve Steps. <o:p></o:p><br />The story is that a serviceman, on his way to the war in the Pacific, stopped into a meeting in <st1:city><st1:place>Seattle</st1:place></st1:city> with a one of the booklets. Members were enthusiastic about the booklet and talked the man out of his copy. Many other copies were then made and distributed. This story is, perhaps, anecdotal. However, what is certain is that the little pamphlet became a fixture at many of the early A.A. meetings. The booklet was later renamed to "The Table Mate: Guide to the Study of the Twelve Steps" and considerable expanded. The "Table Mate" is still used by many members today, often handed down from sponsor to sponsee.<o:p></o:p><br />A version of the booklet, under the title "A guide to the Twelve Steps", can be ordered from:<o:p></o:p><br />The text presented here is from one of the booklets dating from the late 40's or early 50's. This printing was obviously rather amateurish and contained many typos. We have reproduced the original here as closely as possible, only cleaning up some of the more blatant typos.<b><o:p></o:p></b><br /><b>. </b><o:p></o:p><br />. <o:p></o:p><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /></div>. <o:p></o:p><br /><h2 align="center" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;">PREFACE<o:p></o:p></span></h2>.<o:p></o:p><br />The following pages contain the basic material for the discussion meetings for alcoholics only.<o:p></o:p><br />These meetings are held for the purpose of acquainting both old and new members with the 12 steps on which our program is based.<o:p></o:p><br />So that all twelve steps may be covered in a minimum of <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>e they are divided into four classifications and one evening each week will be devoted to each of the four subdivisions. Thus, in one month, a new man can get the basis of our 12 suggested steps. <o:p></o:p><br />1.We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable. <o:p></o:p><br />2.Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. <o:p></o:p><br />3.Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understand Him. <o:p></o:p><br />4.Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. <o:p></o:p><br />5.Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. <o:p></o:p><br />6.Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. <o:p></o:p><br />7.Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. <o:p></o:p><br />8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. <o:p></o:p><br />9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others. <o:p></o:p><br />10.Continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. <o:p></o:p><br />11.Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understand Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. <o:p></o:p><br />12. Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. <o:p></o:p><br /><div class="MsoNormal">These steps are divided as follows: <o:p></o:p></div><a href="http://www.eskimo.com/~burked/history/tablemat.html#discussion1">Discussion No. 1</a>---The admission, Step No. 1. <o:p></o:p><br /><a href="http://www.eskimo.com/~burked/history/tablemat.html#discussion2">Discussion No. 2</a>---The spiritual phase, Steps 2,3,5,6,7, and 11. <o:p></o:p><br /><a href="http://www.eskimo.com/~burked/history/tablemat.html#discussion3">Discussion No. 3</a>---The inventory and restitution, Steps No. 4, 8, 9 and 10. <o:p></o:p><br /><a href="http://www.eskimo.com/~burked/history/tablemat.html#discussion4">Discussion No. 4</a>---The active work, which is Step No. 12. <o:p></o:p><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /></div><h2 align="center" style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=15886551&amp;postID=112522721738122242" name="discussion1"></a>DISCUSSION NO. 1<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2 align="center" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;">THE ADMISSION <o:p></o:p></span></h2>The material contained herein is merely an outline of the admission phase of the program and is not intended to replace or supplant- <o:p></o:p><br />a. The careful reading and re-reading of the Big Book. <o:p></o:p><br />b. Regular attendance at weekly group meetings. <o:p></o:p><br />c. Study of the Program. <o:p></o:p><br />d. Daily practice of the program. <o:p></o:p><br />e. Reading of approved printed matter on Alcoholism. <o:p></o:p><br />f. Informal discussion with other members. <o:p></o:p><br />This meeting covers Step No. 1. "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable." <o:p></o:p><br />This instruction is not a short-cut to A.A. It is an introduction-a help-a brief course in the fundamentals. <o:p></o:p><br />In order to determine whether or not a person has drifted from "social drinking" into pathological drinking it is well to check over a list of test questions, which each member may ask himself and answer for himself. <o:p></o:p><br />We must answer once and for all these three puzzling questions- <o:p></o:p><br />What is an Alcoholic? <o:p></o:p><br />Who is an Alcoholic? <o:p></o:p><br />Am I an Alcoholic? <o:p></o:p><br />To get the right answer the prospective member must start this course of instruction with- <o:p></o:p><br />1. A willingness to learn. We must not have the attitude that "you've got to show me." <o:p></o:p><br />2. An open mind. Forget any and all ideas or notions we already have. Set our opinions aside. <o:p></o:p><br />3. Complete honesty. It is possible-not at all probable-that we may fool somebody else. But we MUST be honest with ourselves, and it is a good <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>e to start being honest with others. <o:p></o:p><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /></div><h3 align="center" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;">SUGGESTED TEST QUESTIONS<o:p></o:p></span></h3>1. Do you require a drink the next morning? <o:p></o:p><br />2. Do you prefer to drink alone? <o:p></o:p><br />3. Do you lose <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>e from work due to drinking? <o:p></o:p><br />4. Is your drinking harming your family in any way? <o:p></o:p><br />5. Do you crave a drink at a definite <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>e daily? <o:p></o:p><br />6. Do you get the inner shakes unless you continue drinking? <o:p></o:p><br />7. Has drinking made you irritable? <o:p></o:p><br />8. Does drinking make you careless of your family's welfare? <o:p></o:p><br />9. Have you harmed your husband or wife since drinking? <o:p></o:p><br />10. Has drinking changed your personality? <o:p></o:p><br />11. Does drinking cause you bodily complaints? <o:p></o:p><br />12. Does drinking make you restless? <o:p></o:p><br />13. Does drinking cause you to have difficulty in sleeping? <o:p></o:p><br />14. Has drinking made you more impulsive? <o:p></o:p><br />15. Have you less self-control since drinking? <o:p></o:p><br />16. Has your initiative decreased since drinking? <o:p></o:p><br />17. Has your ambition decreased since drinking? <o:p></o:p><br />18. Do you lack perseverance in pursuing a goal since drinking? <o:p></o:p><br />19. Do you drink to obtain social ease? (In shy, <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>id, self-conscious individuals.) <o:p></o:p><br />20. Do you drink for self-encouragement? (In persons with feelings of inferiority.) <o:p></o:p><br />21. Do you drink to relieve marked feeling of inadequacy? <o:p></o:p><br />22. Has your sexual potency suffered since drinking? <o:p></o:p><br />23. Do you show marked dislikes and hatreds since drinking? <o:p></o:p><br />24. Has your jealousy, in general, increased since drinking? <o:p></o:p><br />25. Do you show marked moodiness as a result of drinking? <o:p></o:p><br />26. Has your efficiency decreased since drinking? <o:p></o:p><br />27. Has your drinking made you more sensitive? <o:p></o:p><br />28. Are you harder to get along with since drinking? <o:p></o:p><br />29. Do you turn to an inferior environment since drinking? <o:p></o:p><br />30. Is drinking endangering your health? <o:p></o:p><br />31. Is drinking affecting your peace of mind? <o:p></o:p><br />32. Is drinking making your home life unhappy? <o:p></o:p><br />33. Is drinking jeopardizing your business? <o:p></o:p><br />34. Is drinking clouding your reputation? <o:p></o:p><br />35. Is drinking disturbing the harmony of your life? <o:p></o:p><br />If you have answered YES to any one of the Test Questions, there is a definite warning that you may be alcoholic. If you have answered YES to any two of the Test Questions the chances are that you are an alcoholic. <o:p></o:p><br />If you answered YES to three or more of the Test Questions you are definitely AN ALCOHOLIC. <o:p></o:p><br />NOTE: The Test Questions are not A.A. Questions but are the guide used by <st1:place><st1:placename>Johns</st1:placename> <st1:placename>Hopkins</st1:placename> <st1:placetype>University</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype>Hospital</st1:placetype></st1:place> in deciding whether a patient is alcoholic or not. <o:p></o:p><br />In addition to the Test Questions we in A.A. would ask even more questions. Here are a few- <o:p></o:p><br />36. Have you ever had a complete loss of memory while, or after drinking? <o:p></o:p><br />37. Have you ever felt, when or after drinking, an inability to concentrate? <o:p></o:p><br />38. Have your ever felt "remorse" after drinking? <o:p></o:p><br />39. Has a physician ever treated you for drinking? <o:p></o:p><br />40. Have you ever been hospitalized for drinking? <o:p></o:p><br />Many other questions could be asked but the foregoing are sufficient for the purpose of this instruction. <o:p></o:p><br />. <o:p></o:p><br />. <o:p></o:p><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /></div><h3 align="center" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;">WHY DOES AN ALCOHOLIC DRINK?<o:p></o:p></span></h3>Having decided that we are alcoholics, it is well to consider what competent mental doctors consider as the REASONS why an Alcoholic drinks. <o:p></o:p><br />1. As an escape from situations of life which he cannot face. <o:p></o:p><br />2. As <st1:personname>evi</st1:personname>dence of a maladjusted personality (including sexual maladjustments) <o:p></o:p><br />3. As a development from social drinking to pathological drinking. <o:p></o:p><br />4. As a symptom of a major abnormal mental state. <o:p></o:p><br />5. As an escape from incurable physical pain. <o:p></o:p><br />6. As a symptom of constitutional inferiority-a psychopathic personality. For example, an individual who drinks because he likes alcohol, knows he cannot handle it, but does not care. <o:p></o:p><br />7. Many <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>es one cannot determine any great and glaring mechanism as the basis of why the drinker drinks; but the revealing fact may be elicited that alcohol is taken to relieve a certain vague restlessness in the individual incident to friction between his biological and emotional make-up and the ordinary strains of life. <o:p></o:p><br />The above reasons are general reasons. Where the individuality or personality of the alcoholic is concerned these reasons may be divided as follows- <o:p></o:p><br />1. A self-pampering tendency which manifests itself in refusal to tolerate, even temporarily, unpleasant states of mind such as boredom, sorrow, anger, disappointment, worry, depression, dissatisfaction, and feelings of inferiority and inadequacy. "I want what I want when I want it" seems to express the attitude of many alcoholics toward life. <o:p></o:p><br />2. An instinctive urge for self-expression, unaccompanied by determination to translate the urge into creative action. <o:p></o:p><br />3. An abnormal craving for emotional experiences which calls for removal of intellectual restraint. <o:p></o:p><br />4. Powerful hidden ambitions, without the necessary resolve to take practical steps to attain them and with resultant discontent, irritability, depression, disgruntledness and general restlessness. <o:p></o:p><br />5. A tendency to flinch from the worries of life and to seek escape from reality by the easiest means available. <o:p></o:p><br />6. An unreasonable demand for continuous happiness or excitement. <o:p></o:p><br />7. An insistent craving for the feeling of self-confidence, calm and poise that some obtain temporarily from alcohol. <o:p></o:p><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /></div><h3 align="center" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;">WE ADMIT<o:p></o:p></span></h3>If, after carefully considering the foregoing, we ADMIT we are an alcoholic we must realize that- <o:p></o:p><br />Once a person becomes a pathological drinker, he can never again become a controlled drinker; and-from that point on, is limited to just two alternatives: <o:p></o:p><br />1. Total permanent abstinence. <o:p></o:p><br />2. Chronic alcoholism with all of the handicaps and penalties it implies. In other words-we have gone past the point where we HAD A CHOICE. <o:p></o:p><br />All we have left is a DECISION to make. <o:p></o:p><br />WE RESOLVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT <o:p></o:p><br />1. WE MUST CHANGE OUR WAY OF THINKING. (This is such an important matter that it will have to be discussed more fully in a later discussion.) <o:p></o:p><br />2. We must realize that each morning, when you wake, you are a potential drunkard for that day. <o:p></o:p><br />3. We resolve that we will practice A.A. for the 24 hours of that day. <o:p></o:p><br />4. We must study the other eleven Steps of the Program and practice each and every one. <o:p></o:p><br />5. Attend the regular Group Meeting each week without fail. <o:p></o:p><br />6. Firmly believe that by practicing A.A. faithfully each day, we will achieve sobriety. <o:p></o:p><br />7. Believe that we can be free from alcohol as a problem. <o:p></o:p><br />8. contact another member BEFORE taking a drink-not AFTER. Tell him what bothers you-talk it over with him freely. <o:p></o:p><br />9. Work the Program for ourselves alone-NOT for our wife, children, friends or for our job. <o:p></o:p><br />10. Be absolutely honest and sincere. <o:p></o:p><br />11. Be fully open minded-no mental reservations. <o:p></o:p><br />12. Be fully willing to work the Program. Nothing good in life comes without work. <o:p></o:p><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /></div><h3 align="center" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;">CONCLUSION<o:p></o:p></span></h3>1. Alcoholics are suffering from a MENTAL DISEASE-not a physical illness. Fortunately we in A.A. have learned how it may be controlled (this will be shown in the next eleven Steps of the Program.) <o:p></o:p><br />2. We can also learn to be FREE from alcohol as a problem. <o:p></o:p><br />3. We can achieve a full and happy life without recourse to alcohol. <o:p></o:p><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /></div><h3 align="center" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;">ASK QUESTIONS <o:p></o:p></span></h3>No question pertaining to drinking-or stopping drinking-is silly or irrelevant. The matter is TOO SERIOUS. <o:p></o:p><br />Any questions we ask may help some one else. <o:p></o:p><br />This is not a short-cut to A.A. It is an introduction-a help-a brief course in fundamentals. <o:p></o:p><br />In A.A. we learn by question and answer. <o:p></o:p><br />We learn by exchanging our thought and our experience with each other. <o:p></o:p><br />Any question you ask may help some one else. To cover as many questions as possible in the short <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>e available all answers must be limited to three (3) minutes. <o:p></o:p><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /></div><h2 align="center" style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=15886551&amp;postID=112522721738122242" name="discussion2"></a>DISCUSSION NO. 2<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2 align="center" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;">THE SPIRITUAL PHASE<o:p></o:p></span></h2>The material contained herein is merely an outline of the spiritual phase of the program and is not intended to replace or supplant <o:p></o:p><br />a. The careful reading and re-reading of the Big Book. <o:p></o:p><br />b. Regular attendance at weekly group meetings. <o:p></o:p><br />c. Study of the Program. <o:p></o:p><br />d. Daily practice of the program. <o:p></o:p><br />e. Reading of approved printed matter on Alcoholism. <o:p></o:p><br />f. Informal discussion with other members. <o:p></o:p><br />This instruction is not a short-cut to A.A. It is an introduction-a help-a brief course in the fundamentals. <o:p></o:p><br />This meeting covers Steps 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11. We will take them in order. <o:p></o:p><br /><b>STEP NO. 2</b>-"Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." <o:p></o:p><br />Our drinking experience has shown- <o:p></o:p><br />1. That as we strayed away from the normal SOCIAL side of life, our minds became confused and we strayed away from the normal MENTAL side of life. <o:p></o:p><br />2. An abnormal MENTAL condition is certainly not SANITY in the accepted sense of the word. We have acquired or developed a MENTAL DISEASE. Our study of A.A. shows that- <o:p></o:p><br />a. In the MENTAL or tangible side of life we have lost touch with, or ignored, or have forgotten the SPIRITUAL values that give us the dignity of MAN as differentiated from the ANIMAL. We have fallen back upon the MATERIAL things of life and these have failed us. We have been groping in the dark. <o:p></o:p><br />b. No HUMAN agency, no SCIENCE or ART has been able to solve the alcoholic problem, so we turn to the SPIRITUAL for quidance. <o:p></o:p><br />Therefore, we "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." <o:p></o:p><br />1. We must believe with a great FAITH. <o:p></o:p><br /><b>STEP NO. 3</b>-"Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of GOD as we understand Him." In the first step we learned that we had lost the power of CHOICE and had to make a DECISION. <o:p></o:p><br /><div class="MsoNormal">1. What DECISION could we make better than to <o:p></o:p></div>a. Turn our very WILL over to GOD, realizing that our own use of our own will had resulted in trouble. <o:p></o:p><br />b. As in the Lord's Prayer you must believe and practice THY WILL BE DONE. <o:p></o:p><br />2. GOD as we understand Him. <o:p></o:p><br />3. RELIGION is a word we do not use in A.A. We refer to a member's relation to GOD as the SPIRITUAL. A religion is a FORM of worship-not the worship itself. <o:p></o:p><br />4. If a man cannot believe in GOD he can certainly believe in SOMETHING greater than himself. If he cannot believe in a POWER greater than himself he is a rather hopeless egoist. <o:p></o:p><br /><b>STEP NO. 5</b>-"Admitted to GOD, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs." <o:p></o:p><br />1. There is nothing new in this step. There are many sound reasons for "talking over our troubles out loud with others." <o:p></o:p><br />2. The Catholic already has this medium readily available to him in the Confessional.<br />But-the Catholic is at a disadvantage if he thinks his familiarity with confession permits him to think his part of A.A. is thereby automatically taken care of. He must, in confession, seriously consider his problems in relation to his alcoholic thinking. <o:p></o:p><br />3. The non-Catholic has the way open to work this step by going to his minister, his doctor, or his friend. <o:p></o:p><br />4. Under this step it is not even necessary to go to a priest or minister. Any understanding human being, friend or stranger will serve the purpose. <o:p></o:p><br />5. The purpose and intent of this step is so plain and definite that it needs little explanation. The point is that we MUST do EXACTLY what the Fifth Step says, sooner or later.<br />We must not be in a rush to get this step off our chest. Consider it carefully and calmly. Then get about it and do it. <o:p></o:p><br />6. "Wrongs" do not necessarily mean "crime. It can well be wrong thinking-selfishness-false pride-egotism-or any one of a hundred such negative faults. <o:p></o:p><br /><b>STEP NO. 6</b>-"We are entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character." <o:p></o:p><br />1. After admitting our wrong thinking and wrong actions in Step 5 we now do something more than "admit" or "confess." <o:p></o:p><br />2. We now become READY and WILLING to have God remove the defects in our CHARACTER. <o:p></o:p><br />3. Remember it is OUR character we are working on. Not the other fellow's. Here is a good place to drop the CRITICAL attitude toward others-the SUPERIOR attitude toward others. <o:p></o:p><br />4. We must clean our mind of wrong thinking-petty jealousy-envy-self pity-remorse, etc. <o:p></o:p><br />5. Here is the place to drop RESENTMENTS, one of the biggest hurdles the alcoholic has to get over. <o:p></o:p><br />6. What concerns us here is that we drop all thoughts of resentment-anger-hatred-revenge. <o:p></o:p><br />7. We turn our WILL over to God and let HIS WILL direct us how to patiently remove, one by one, all defects in our character. <o:p></o:p><br /><b>STEP NO. 7</b>-"Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings." The meaning of this step is clear. Prayer-Humility. <o:p></o:p><br />1. <i>Prayer</i>. No man can tell another HOW to pray. Each one has, or works out for himself, his own method. <o:p></o:p><br />If we cannot pray, we just talk to God and tell Him our troubles. <o:p></o:p><br />Meditate-think clearly and cleanly-and ask God to direct our thoughts. Christ said "ask and ye shall receive." What method is simpler-merely "ask." <o:p></o:p><br />If you cannot pray ask God to teach you to pray. <o:p></o:p><br />2. <i>Humility</i>. This, simply, is the virtue of being ourselves and realizing how small we are in a big world full of its own trouble. <o:p></o:p><br />Drop all pretense. We must not be Mr. Big Shot-bragging, boasting. Shed false pride. Tell the simple, plain, unvarnished truth. Act, walk and talk simply. See the little bit of good that exists in an <st1:personname>evi</st1:personname>l man. Forget the little bit of <st1:personname>evi</st1:personname>l that exists in the good man. We must not look down on the very lowest of GOD'S creatures or man's mistakes. Think clearly, honestly, fairly, generously. <o:p></o:p><br />3. The shortcomings we ask GOD to remove are the very defects in character that make us drink. The same defects we drink to hide or to get away from. <o:p></o:p><br /><b>STEP NO. 11</b>-"Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with GOD as we understood HIM praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out." <o:p></o:p><br />1. We pray each night-every night-a prayer of thanks. <o:p></o:p><br />2. We pray each morning-every morning-for help and guidance. <o:p></o:p><br />3. When we are lonely-confused-uncertain-we pray. <o:p></o:p><br />Most of us find it well to: <o:p></o:p><br />1. Choose, for each day, a "quite <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>e" to meditate on the program, on your progress in it. <o:p></o:p><br />2. Keep conscious contact with GOD and pray to make that contact closer. <o:p></o:p><br />3. Pray that our will be laid aside and that God's will direct us. <o:p></o:p><br />4. Pray for calmness-quiet-relaxation-rest. <o:p></o:p><br />5. Pray for strength and courage to enable us to do today's work today. <o:p></o:p><br />6. Pray for forgiveness for yesterday's errors. <o:p></o:p><br />7. Ask for HOPE for better things tomorrow. <o:p></o:p><br />8. Pray for what we feel we need. We will not get what we "want." We will get what we "need"-what is good for us. <o:p></o:p><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /></div><h3 align="center" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;">CONCLUSION<o:p></o:p></span></h3>We find that no one need have difficulty with the spiritual side of the program. WILLINGNESS-HONESTY and OPEN MINDEDNESS are the ESSENTIALS OF RECOVERY. BUT THESE ARE INDISPENSABLE. <o:p></o:p><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /></div><h3 align="center" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;">ASK QUESTIONS<o:p></o:p></span></h3>No question pertaining to drinking-or stopping drinking-is silly or irrelevant. The matter is too SERIOUS. In A.A. we learn by question and answer. <o:p></o:p><br />We learn by exchanging our thought and our experience with each other. <o:p></o:p><br />Any question you ask may help someone else. To cover as many questions as possible in the short <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>e available all answers must be limited to three (3) minutes. <o:p></o:p><br />GOD grant me the serenity to accept things I cannot change, courage to change things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. <o:p></o:p><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /></div><h2 align="center" style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=15886551&amp;postID=112522721738122242" name="discussion3"></a>DISCUSSION NO. 3 <o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2 align="center" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;">INVENTORY AND RESTITUTION<o:p></o:p></span></h2>The material contained herein is merely an outline of the inventory and restitution steps and is not intended to replace or supplant- <o:p></o:p><br />a. The careful reading and re-reading of the Big Book. <o:p></o:p><br />b. Regular attendance at weekly group meetings. <o:p></o:p><br />c. Study of the Program. <o:p></o:p><br />d. Daily practice of the program. <o:p></o:p><br />e. Reading of approved printed matter on Alcoholism. <o:p></o:p><br />f. Informal discussion with other members. <o:p></o:p><br />This instruction is not a short-cut to A.A. It is an introduction-a help-a brief course in the fundamentals. <o:p></o:p><br />This meeting covers Steps 4-8-9-10-We will take them in order. <o:p></o:p><br /><b>STEP 4</b>-"Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves." The intent and purpose of this step is plain. All alcoholics have a definite need for a good self-analysis-a sort of self-appraisal. Other people have certainly analyzed us, appraised us, criticized us and even judged us. It might be a good idea to judge ourselves, calmly and honestly. We need inventory because- <o:p></o:p><br />1. Either our faults, weaknesses, defects of character-are the cause of our drinking OR <o:p></o:p><br />2. Our drinking has weakened our character and let us drift into all kinds of wrong action, wrong attitudes, wrong viewpoints. In either event we obviously need an inventory and the only kink of inventory to make is a GOOD one. <o:p></o:p><br />Moreover, the job is up to US. WE created or WE let develop all the anti-social actions that got US in wrong. So WE have got to work it out. WE must make out a list of our faults and then We must do something about it. <o:p></o:p><br />The inventory must be four things- <o:p></o:p><br />1. It must be HONEST. Why waste <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>e fooling ourselves with a phoney list. We have fooled ourselves for years. We tried to fool others and now is a good <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>e to look ourselves squarely in the eye. <o:p></o:p><br />2. It must be SEARCHING. Why skip over a vital matter lightly and quickly. Our trouble is a grave mental disease, confused by screwy thinking. Therefore, we must SEARCH diligently and fearlessly to get at the TRUTH of what is wrong with us-just dig in and SEARCH. <o:p></o:p><br />3. It must be FEARLESS. We must not be afraid we might find things in our heart, mind and soul that we will hate to discover. If we do find such things they may be the ROOT of our trouble. <o:p></o:p><br />4. It must be a MORAL inventory. Some, in error, think the inventory is a lot of unpaid debts, plus a list of unmade apologies. Our trouble goes much deeper. We will find the root of our trouble lies in- resentments-False Pride-Envy-Jealousy-Selfishness and many other things. Laziness is an important one. In other words we are making an inventory of our character-our attitude toward others-our very way of living. We are not preparing a financial statement. We will pay our bills all right, because we cannot even begin to practice A.A. without HONESTY. <o:p></o:p><br /><b>STEP 8</b>-"Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all." Under this step we will make a list (mental or written) of those we have harmed. <o:p></o:p><br />We ask GOD to let His Will be done, not OUR will, and ask for the strength and courage to become willing to forget resentments and false pride and make amends to those we have harmed. We must not do this step grudgingly, or as an unpleasant task to be rid of quickly. We must do it WILLINGLY, fairly and humbly-without condescension. <o:p></o:p><br /><b>STEP 9</b>-"Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others." <o:p></o:p><br />Here is where we make peace with ourselves by making peace with those we have hurt. <o:p></o:p><br />The amends we make must be direct. We must pay in kind for the hurt we have done them. <o:p></o:p><br />If we have cheated them we must make restitution. <o:p></o:p><br />If we have hurt their feelings we must ask forgiveness from them. <o:p></o:p><br />The list of harms done may be long but the list of amends is equally long. <o:p></o:p><br />For every "wrong" we have done, there is a "right" we may do to compensate. <o:p></o:p><br />There is only one exception. we must develop a sense of justice, a spirit of fairness, an attitude of common sense. If our effort to make amends would create further harm or cause a scandal we will have to skip the "direct amends" and clean the matter up under STEP 5. <o:p></o:p><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /><hr align="center" size="4" width="100%" /></div>HUMILITY <o:p></o:p><br />A state of complete humility is very difficult to attain, but the goal is well worth the effort, considering the serenity that is achieved. <o:p></o:p><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /><hr align="center" size="4" width="100%" /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /></div><h2 align="center" style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=15886551&amp;postID=112522721738122242" name="discussion4"></a>DISCUSSION NO. 4 <o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2 align="center" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;">ACTIVE WORK<o:p></o:p></span></h2>The material contained herein is merely an outline of the inventory and restitution steps and is not intended to replace or supplant- <o:p></o:p><br />a. The careful reading and re-reading of the Big Book. <o:p></o:p><br />b. Regular attendance at weekly group meetings. <o:p></o:p><br />c. Study of the Program. <o:p></o:p><br />d. Daily practice of the program. <o:p></o:p><br />e. Reading of approved printed matter on Alcoholism. <o:p></o:p><br />f. Informal discussion with other members. <o:p></o:p><br />This instruction is not a short-cut to A.A. It is an introduction-a help-a brief course in the fundamentals. <o:p></o:p><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /></div><h3 align="center" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;">THIS MEETING COVERS THE TWELFTH STEP<o:p></o:p></span></h3>"Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs." <o:p></o:p><br />This STEP logically separates into 3 parts. <o:p></o:p><br />1. The SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE. <o:p></o:p><br />The terms "spiritual experience" and "spiritual awakening" used here and in the book ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, mean, upon careful reading, that the personality change sufficient to bring about recovery from alcoholism has manifested itself among us in many forms. <o:p></o:p><br />Do NOT get the impression that these personality changes, or spiritual experiences, must be in the nature of sudden and spectacular upheavals. Happily for everyone, this conclusion is erroneous. <o:p></o:p><br />Among our rapidly membership of thousands of alcoholics such transformations, though frequent, are by no means the rule. Most of our experiences are what the psychologist William <st1:personname>James</st1:personname> calls the "educational variety" because they develop slowly over a period of <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>e. Quite often friends of the newcomer are aware of the difference long before he is himself. <o:p></o:p><br />The new man gradually realizes that he has undergone a profound alteration in his reaction to life; that such a change could hardly have been brought about by himself alone. What often takes place in a few months could seldom have been accomplished by years of self-discipline. With few exceptions our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves. <o:p></o:p><br />Most emphatically we wish to say that any alcoholic capable of honestly facing his problem in the light of our experience can recover provided he does no close his mind to all spiritual concepts. He can only be defeated by an attitude of intolerance or belligerent denial. <o:p></o:p><br />We find that no one need have difficulty with the spiritual side of the program. Willingness, Honesty and Open Mindedness are the Essentials of Recovery. But these are indispensable. <o:p></o:p><br />2. CARRY THE MESSAGE TO OTHERS. <o:p></o:p><br />This means exactly what it says. Carry the message actively. Bring it to the man who needs it. We do it in many ways. <o:p></o:p><br />a. By attending EVERY meeting of our own group <o:p></o:p><br />b. By making calls when asked. <o:p></o:p><br />c. By speaking at Group Meetings when asked. <o:p></o:p><br />d. By supporting our Group financially to make group meetings possible. <o:p></o:p><br />e. By assisting at Meetings when asked. <o:p></o:p><br />f. By setting a good example of complete sobriety. <o:p></o:p><br />g. By owning, and loaning to new men, our own copy of the big A.A. Book. <o:p></o:p><br />h. By encouraging those who find the way difficult. <o:p></o:p><br />i. By serving as an officer or on group committees or special assignment when asked. <o:p></o:p><br />j. By doing all of the foregoing cheerfully and willingly. <o:p></o:p><br />k. We do any or all of the foregoing at some sacrifice to OURSELVES WITH DEFINITE THOUGHT OF DEVELOPING unselfishness in our own character. <o:p></o:p><br />3. WE PRACTICE THESE PRINCIPLES IN ALL OUR AFFAIRS. <o:p></o:p><br />This last part of the TWELFTH STEP is the real purpose that all of the twelve steps lead to-a new "way of life"; a "design for living." It shows how to live rightly, think rightly and to achieve happiness. <o:p></o:p><br />HOW DO WE GO ABOUT IT? <o:p></o:p><br />a. We resolve to live our life, one day at a <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>e-just 24 hours. <o:p></o:p><br />b. We pray each day for guidance that day. <o:p></o:p><br />c. We pray each night-thanks for that day. <o:p></o:p><br />d. We resolve to keep our heads and to forego any anger, no matter what situation arises. <o:p></o:p><br />e. We are patient. <o:p></o:p><br />f. We keep calm-relaxed. <o:p></o:p><br />g. Now, and most important, whatever LITTLE ordinary situation as well as BIG situations arise, we look at it calmly and fairly, with an open mind. Then act on it in exact accordance with the simple true principles that A.A. has taught and will teach us. <o:p></o:p><br />In other words, our SOBRIETY is only a correction of our worst and most <st1:personname>evi</st1:personname>dent faults. Our living each day according to the principles of A.A. will also correct all of our other lesser faults and will gradually eliminate, one by one, all of the defects in our character that cause frictions, discontent, and unhappy rebellious moods that lead right back to our very chief fault of drinking. <o:p></o:p><br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /><hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /></div><h3 align="center" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;">ASK QUESTIONS<o:p></o:p></span></h3>No question pertaining to drinking-or stopping drinking is silly or irrelevant. The matter is too SERIOUS. 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Emotional Sobriety by Bill W</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cyberrecovery.net/forums/archive/index.php?t-3085.html">What Is Acceptance?</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cyberrecovery.net/forums/archive/index.php?t-3139.html">The Lessons of Sobriety</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cyberrecovery.net/forums/archive/index.php?t-3155.html">How To Get Rid Of The Past</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cyberrecovery.net/forums/archive/index.php?t-3156.html">Bill Dotson - AA Member #3</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cyberrecovery.net/forums/archive/index.php?t-3565.html">Bill Wilson's Letter To Dr. Carl Jung , Jan 23, 1961</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cyberrecovery.net/forums/archive/index.php?t-3633.html">This Matter of Fear</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cyberrecovery.net/forums/archive/index.php?t-4307.html">Big Book Quiz</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cyberrecovery.net/forums/archive/index.php?t-6537.html">Bill Taking Steps 3-12</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cyberrecovery.net/forums/archive/index.php?t-6538.html">Dr. Bob's Last Drink</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cyberrecovery.net/forums/archive/index.php?t-6600.html">Dr. Bob's Story</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cyberrecovery.net/forums/archive/index.php?t-6999.html">Question?</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cyberrecovery.net/forums/archive/index.php?t-7037.html"><span class="Apple-style-span">Struggling today</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt;"><img src="http://1.2.3.10/bmi/1.2.3.13/bmi/1.2.3.9/bmi/www.barefootsworld.net/graphics/aa-sayings-ani.gif" /><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">1000 Daily </span></b><st1:city><st1:place><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">Readings</span></b></st1:place></st1:city><b><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"> and Refelections</span></b></span></div><ol type="1"><li class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="http://www.cyberrecovery.net/forums/archive/index.php?t-3.html">Today's Gift</a><o:p></o:p></b></li><li class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="http://www.cyberrecovery.net/forums/archive/index.php?t-5.html">AA Thoughts-Transitions Daily</a><o:p></o:p></b></li><li class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="http://www.cyberrecovery.net/forums/archive/index.php?t-7.html">Pocket Sponsor</a><o:p></o:p></b></li><li class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="http://www.cyberrecovery.net/forums/archive/index.php?t-1036.html">Some thoughts on Faith</a><o:p></o:p></b></li><li class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cyberrecovery.net/forums/archive/index.php?t-1044.html"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Helen Steiner Rice's 10 Commandments</b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><div class="MsoNormal"><v:shape alt="" id="_x0000_i1048" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata href="http://www.minnesotarecovery.info/images/index.3.gif" src="file:///C:%5CWINDOWS%5CTEMP%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.gif"></v:imagedata><span style="font-size: 10px;"><o:p></o:p></span></v:shape></div><span class="style5"><b>"Remember your last drunk"</b></span><span class="style5"> </span><br /><span class="style4">Page 24, Paragraph 2</span>: "We are unable, at <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>es, to bring into our consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the suffering and humiliation of even a week or a month ago. We are without defense against the first drink."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5"><b>"I choose not to drink today"</b></span><span class="style5"> </span><br /><span class="style4">Page 24 Paragraph 2:</span> "The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5"><b>"Play the tape all the way through"</b></span><br /><span class="style4">Page 24, paragraph 3:</span> "The almost certain consequences that follow taking even a glass of beer do not crowd into the mind to deter us. I f these thoughts do occur, they are hazy and readily supplanted with the old threadbare idea that this <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>e we shall handle ourselves like other people. There is a complete failure of the kind of defense that keeps one from putting his hand on a hot stove."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5"><b>"Think through the drink"</b></span><br /><span class="style4">Page 43, paragraph 4: </span>"Once more: The alcoholic at certain <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>es has no effective mental defense against the first drink. Except in a few rare cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense. His defense must come from a Higher Power."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5"><b>"I will always be recovering, never recovered."</b></span><span class="style5"> </span><br /><span class="style4">Title Page: </span>"ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS. The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism"<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 20, paragraph 2:</span> "Doubtless you are curious to discover how and why, in face of expert opinion to the contrary, we have recovered from a hopeless condition of mind and body.<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Foreword to the First Edition:</span> <b>"We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body."</b><o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 29, paragraph 2:</span> "Further on, clear-cut directions are given showing how we recovered."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 132, paragraph 3:</span> "We have recovered, and have been given the power to help others."<o:p></o:p><br /><div class="style5style20style22"><b>“We are all just an arms length away from a drink”<o:p></o:p></b></div><span class="style4">Page 84, paragraph 4, </span>"And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone - even alcohol. For by this <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>e sanity will have returned. We will seldom be interested in liquor. If tempted, we recoil from it as from a hot flame. We react sanely and normally, and we will find that this has happened automatically. We will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given us without any thought or effort on our part. It just comes! That is the miracle of it. We are not fighting it, neither are we avoiding temptation. We feel as though we had been placed in a position of neutrality - safe and protected. We have not even sworn off. Instead, the problem has been removed. It does not exist for us"<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5"><b>"I don't have an alcohol problem, I have a living problem"</b></span><span class="style5"> </span><br /><span class="style4">Page xxiv, paragraph 2:</span> "In our belief, any picture of the alcoholic which leaves out this physical factor is incomplete."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5"><b>"Don't drink and go to meetings."</b></span><br /><span class="style4">Page 34, paragraph 2: </span>“Many of us felt we had plenty of character. There was a tremendous urge to cease forever. Yet we found it impossible. This is the baffling feature of alcoholism as we know it—this utter inability to leave it alone, no matter how great the necessity or the wish.” <o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 34, paragraph 3:</span> "Whether such a person can quit upon a nonspiritual basis depends upon the extent to which he has already lost the power to choose whether he will drink or not."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 17, paragraph 2</span>: "Unlike the feelings of the ship's passengers, however, our joy in escape from disaster does not subside as we go our individual ways. The feeling of having shared in a common peril is one element in the powerful cement which binds us. But that in itself would never have held us together as we are now joined."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5"><b>"This is a selfish program"</b></span><br /><span class="style4">Page 20, paragraph 1:</span> "Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs." <o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 97, paragraph 2: </span>"Helping others is the foundation stone of your recovery. A kindly act once in a while isn't enough. You have to act the Good Samaritan every day, if need be. It may mean the loss of many nights' sleep, great interference with your pleasures, interruptions to your business. It may mean sharing your money and your home, counseling frantic wives and relatives, innumerable trips to police courts, sanitariums, hospitals, jails and asylums. Your telephone may jangle at any <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>e of the day or night. " <o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 14-15:</span> "For if an alcoholic failed to perfect and enlarge his spiritual life through work and self-sacrifice for others, he could not survive the certain trials and low spots ahead." <o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 62, paragraph 2: </span>"Selfishness, self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles" <o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 62, paragraph 3: </span>"So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn't think so. Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness. We must, or it<br />kill us!" <o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5"><b>"Meeting makers make it"</b></span><br /><span class="style4">Page 59, paragraph 3:</span> "Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of recovery" <o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5">"I'm powerless over people, places and things"</span><br /><span class="style4">Page 132, paragraph 3:</span> "We have recovered, and have been given the power to help others."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 122, paragraph 3:</span> " Years of living with an alcoholic is almost sure to make any wife or child neurotic. "<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 82, paragraph 4: </span>"The alcoholic is like a tornado roaring his way through the lives of others. Hearts are broken. Sweet relationships are dead. Affections have been uprooted. Selfish and inconsiderate habits have kept the home in turmoil. We feel a man is unthinking when he says that sobriety is enough."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 89, paragraph 2:</span> "You can help when no one else can. You can secure their confidence when others fail."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5"><b>"You're in the right place"</b></span><br /><span class="style4">Page 20-21:</span> "Then we have a certain type of hard drinker. He may have the habit badly enough to gradually impair him physically and mentally. It may cause him to die a few years before his <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>e. If a sufficiently strong reason - ill health, falling in love, change of environment, or the warning of a doctor - becomes operative, this man can also stop or moderate, although he may find it difficult and troublesome and may even need medical attention."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 31, paragraph 2:</span> " If anyone who is showing inability to control his drinking can do the right- about-face and drink like a gentleman, our hats are off to him."<o:p></o:p><br!> <span class="style4">Page 31-32: </span>"We do not like to pronounce any individual as alcoholic, but you can quickly diagnose yourself. Step over to the nearest barroom and try some controlled drinking. Try to drink and stop abruptly. Try it more than once. It will not take long for you to decide, if you are honest with yourself about it. It may be worth a bad case of jitters if you get a full knowledge of your condition."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 108-109: </span>"Your husband may be only a heavy drinker. His drinking may be constant or it may be heavy only on certain occasions. Perhaps he spends too much money for liquor. It may be slowing him up mentally and physically, but he does not see it. Some<st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>es he is a source of embarrassment to you and his friends. He is positive he can handle his liquor, that it does him no harm, that drinking is necessary in his business. He would probably be insulted if he were called an alcoholic. This world is full of people like him. Some will moderate or stop altogether, and some will not. Of those who keep on, a good number will become true alcoholics after a while."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 92, paragraph 2:</span> "If you are satisfied that he is a real alcoholic"<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 95, paragraph 4</span>: "If he thinks he can do the job in some other way, or prefers some other spiritual approach, encourage him to follow his own conscience."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5"><b>"If an alcoholic wants to get sober, nothing you say can make him drink. "</b></span><br /><span class="style4">Page 103, paragraph 2:</span> "A spirit of intolerance might repel alcoholics whose lives could have been saved, had it not been for such stupidity. We would not even do the cause of temperate drinking any good, for not one drinker in a thousand likes to be told anything about alcohol by one who hates it."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5"><b>"We must change playmates, playgrounds, and playthings"</b></span><br /><span class="style4">Page 100-101:</span> "Assuming we are spiritually fit, we can do all sorts of things alcoholics are not supposed to do. People have said we must not go where liquor is served; we must not have it in our homes; we must shun friends who drink; we must avoid moving pictures which show drinking scenes; we must not go into bars; our friends must hide their bottles if we go to their houses; we mustn't think or be reminded about alcohol at all. Our experience shows that this is not necessarily so.<br />We meet these conditions every day. An alcoholic who cannot meet them, still has an alcoholic mind; there is something the matter with his spiritual status. His only chance for sobriety would be some place like the Greenland Ice Cap, and even there an Eskimo might turn up with a bottle of scotch and ruin everything!"<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5"><b>"I'm a people pleaser. I need to learn to take care of myself"</b></span><span class="style5"> </span><br /><span class="style4">Page 61, paragraph 2:</span>"Is he not really a self-seeker even when trying to be kind?"<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5"><b>"Don't drink, even if your ass falls off."</b></span><span class="style5"> </span><br /><span class="style4">Page 34, paragraph 2: </span>“Many of us felt we had plenty of character. There was a tremendous urge to cease forever. Yet we found it impossible. This is the baffling feature of alcoholism as we know it—this utter inability to leave it alone, no matter how great the necessity or the wish.” <o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5">"I haven't had a drink today, so I'm a complete success today." </span><br /><span class="style4">Page 19, paragraph 1:</span> "The elimination of drinking is but a beginning. A much more important demonstration of our principles lies before us in our respective homes, occupations and affairs.” <o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5">"It's my opinion that..." or "I don't know anything about the Big Book, but this is the way I do it..."</span><br /><span class="style4">Page 19, paragraph 1:</span> "We have concluded to publish an anonymous volume setting forth the problem as we see it. We shall bring to the task our combined experience and knowledge. This should suggest a useful program for anyone concerned with a drinking problem."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5">"Don't drink, no matter what." </span><br /><span class="style4">Page 34, paragraph 2:</span> “Many of us felt we had plenty of character. There was a tremendous urge to cease forever. Yet we found it impossible. This is the baffling feature of alcoholism as we know it—this utter inability to leave it alone, no matter how great the necessity or the wish.” <o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 31, paragraph 4: </span>"We do not like to pronounce any individual as alcoholic, but you can quickly diagnose yourself. Step over to the nearest barroom and try some controlled drinking. Try to drink and stop abruptly. Try it more than once. It will not take long for you to decide, if you are honest with yourself about it. It may be worth a bad case of jitters if you get a full knowledge of your condition."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5">"We need to give up planning, it doesn't work."</span><br /><span class="style4">Page 86, paragraphs 3-4:</span> "On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. Under these conditions we can employ our mental faculties with assurance, for after all God gave us brains to use. Our thought-life will be placed on a much higher plane when our thinking is cleared of wrong motives.<br />In thinking about our day we may face indecision. We may not be able to determine which course to take. Here we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don't struggle. We are often surprised how the right answers come after we have tried this for a while."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5">"I have a choice to not drink today."</span><br /><span class="style4">Page 30, paragraph 3: </span>"We alcoholics are men and women who have lost the ability to control our drinking. We know that no real alcoholic ever recovers control. All of us felt at <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>es that we were regaining control, but such intervals - usually brief - were in<st1:personname>evi</st1:personname>tably followed by still less control, which led in <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>e to pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization. We are convinced to a man that alcoholics of our type are in the grip of a progressive illness. Over any considerable period we get worse, never better."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5">"If all I do is stay sober today, then it's been a good day."</span><br /><span class="style4">Page 82, paragraph 3:</span> " Some<st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>es we hear an alcoholic say that the only thing he needs to do is to keep sober. Certainly he must keep sober, for there will be no home if he doesn't. But he is yet a long way from making good to the wife or parents whom for years he has so shockingly treated."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 82 paragraph 4:</span> "We feel a man is unthinking when he says sobriety is enough."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5">"You don't need a shrink. You have an alcoholic personality. All you will ever need is in the first 164 pages of the Big Book."</span><br /><span class="style4">Page 133, 2nd paragraph:</span> "But this does not mean that we disregard human health measures. God has abundantly supplied this world with fine doctors, psychologists, and practitioners of various kinds. Do not hesitate to take your health problems to such persons. Most of them give freely of themselves, that their fellows may enjoy sound minds and bodies. Try to remember that though God has wrought miracles among us, we should never belittle a good doctor or psychiatrist. Their services are often indispensable in treating a newcomer and in following his case afterward."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5">"AA is the only way to stay sober." </span><br /><span class="style4">page 95, paragraph 4:</span> If he thinks he can do the job in some other way, or prefers some other spiritual approach, encourage him to follow his own conscience. We have no monopoly on God; we merely have an approach that worked with us. <o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Page 164, paragraph 3:</span></span> “ Our book is meant to be suggestive only. We realize we know only a little.” <o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5">“My sponsor told me that, if in making an amend I would be harmed, I could consider myself as one of the ‘others’ in Step Nine.”</span><br /><span class="style4">Page 79, paragraph 2 </span>“Reminding ourselves that we have decided to go to any lengths to find a spiritual experience, we ask that we be given strength and direction to do the right thing, no matter what the personal consequences might be.” <o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5">"I need to forgive myself first" or "You need to be good to yourself"</span><br /><span class="style4">Page 74, paragraph 2 </span>“ The rule is we must be hard on ourself, but always considerate of others.”<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5">"Take what you want and leave the rest"</span><br /><span class="style4">Page 17, paragraph 3:</span> "The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action. This is the great news this book carries to those who suffer from alcoholism."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5"><b>"Just do the next right thing"</b></span><br /><span class="style4">Page 86, paragraph 4: </span>" We may not be able to determine which course to take. Here we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 87, paragraph 1:</span> " Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with God, it is not probable that we are going to be inspired at all <st1:personname>tim</st1:personname>es. We might pay for this presumption in all sorts of absurd actions and ideas."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5"><b>"Don't make any major decisions for the first year"</b></span><br /><span class="style4">Page 60, paragraph 4: </span><br />"(a) That we were alcoholic and could not manage our own lives.<br />(b) That probably no human power could have relieved our alcoholism.<br />(c) That God could and would if He were sought.<br />Being convinced, we were at Step Three, which is that we decided to turn our will and our life over to God as we understood Him."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 76, paragraph 2:</span> "When ready, we say something like this: "My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad. I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my fellows. Grant me strength, as I go out from here, to do your bidding. Amen." We have then completed Step Seven."<o:p></o:p><br /></br!><br /><div class="style51"><b>"Stay out of relationships for the first year!"<o:p></o:p></b></div><span class="style4">Page. 69, paragraph 1:</span> "We do not want to be the arbiter of anyone's sex conduct."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 69, paragraph 3:</span> "In meditation, we ask God what we should do about each specific matter. The right answer will come if we want it."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 69, paragraph 4:</span> "God alone can judge our sex situation."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 69-70</span>:"Counsel with other persons is often desirable, but we let God be the final judge."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 70, Paragraph 2:</span> "We earnestly pray for the right ideal, for guidance in each questionable situation, for sanity, and for the strength to do the right thing."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5"><b>"Alcohol was my drug of choice"</b></span><span class="style5"> </span><br /><span class="style4">Page 24, paragraph 2: </span>"The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5"><b>"Keep coming back, eventually it will rub off on you"</b></span><br /><span class="style4">Page 64, Paragraph 1: </span>"Though our decision was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in ourselves which had been blocking us"<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5"><b>"Ninety Meetings in Ninety Days"</b></span><br /><span class="style4">Page 15, paragraph 2:</span> "We meet frequently so that newcomers may find the fellowship they seek."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 19, paragraph 2:</span> "None of us makes a sole vocation of this work, nor do we think its effectiveness would be increased if we did."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 59, paragraph 3:</span> "Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of recovery"<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5">"You only work one step a year" "Take your </span><st1:personname><span class="style5">tim</span></st1:personname><span class="style5">e to work the steps"</span><br /><span class="style4">Page 569, paragraph 3:</span> What often takes place in a few months can hardly be brought about by himself alone."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 63, paragraph3:</span> "Next we launched on a course of vigorous action."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 74, paragraph 2:</span> "If that is so, this step may be postponed, only, however, if we hold ourselves in complete readiness to go through with it at the first opportunity"<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 75, paragraph 3:</span> "Returning home we find a place where we can be quiet for AN HOUR, carefully r<st1:personname>evi</st1:personname>ewing what we have done."<o:p></o:p><br /><b><span style="font-family: Arial;">"Make sure to put something good about yourself in your 4th step inventory."</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b><br /><span class="style4style20">Page 64 paragraph 3</span> <span style="font-family: Arial;">"First, we searched out the flaws in our make-up which caused our failure."</span><o:p></o:p><br /><br /><div class="style171"><span class="style4style20">Page 67 paragraph 3 </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">"The inventory was ours, not the other man's. When we saw our faults we listed them."</span><o:p></o:p></div><span class="style4style20">Page 71 paragraph 1</span><span class="style17"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">"If you have already made a decision, and an inventory of your grosser handicaps, you have made a good beginning."</span><br /><br /><span class="style5">"You need to stay in those feelings and really feel them."</span><br /><span class="style4">Page 84, paragraph 2: </span>"When these crop up, we ask God at once to remove them."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4"><span style="font-family: Arial;">pg. 125 paragraph 1 </span></span><span class="style17"><span style="font-family: Arial;">"So we think that unless some good and useful purpose is to be served, past occurrences should not be discussed."</span></span><o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style5"><b>"There are no musts in this program."</b></span><br /><span class="style4">Page 99, paragraph 1:</span> "it must be done if any results are to be expected."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 99, paragraph 2: </span>"we must try to repair the damage immediately lest we pay the penalty by a spree."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 99, paragraph 3: </span>"it must be on a better basis, since the former did not work."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 83, paragraph 1:</span> "Yes, there is a long period of reconstruction ahead. We must take the lead."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 83, paragraph 2:</span> "We must remember that ten or twenty years of drunkenness would make a skeptic out of anyone."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 74, paragraph 1: </span>"Those of us belonging to a religious denomination which requires confession must, and of course, will want to go to the properly appointed authority whose duty it is to receive it."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 74, paragraph 2: </span>"The rule is we must be hard on ourself, but always considerate of others."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 75, paragraph 1:</span> " But we must not use this as a mere excuse to postpone."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 85, paragraph 3: </span>" But we must go further and that means more action."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 85, paragraph 2: </span>" Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will into all of our activities."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 85, paragraph 2:</span> "These are thoughts which must go with us constantly."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 80, paragraph 1:</span> " If we have obtained permission, have consulted with others, asked God to help and the drastic step is indicated we must not shrink."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 14, paragraph 2:</span> " I must turn in all things to the Father of Light who presides over us all."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 62, paragraph 3:</span> " Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness. We must, or it kills us!"<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 144, paragraph 3:</span> "The man must decide for himself."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 89, paragraph 2: </span>"To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends - this is an experience you must not miss."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 33, paragraph 3: </span>" If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind"<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 79, paragraph 2: </span>"We must not shrink at anything."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 86, paragraph 2:</span> "But we must be careful not to drift into worry, remorse or morbid reflection, for that would diminish our usefulness to others."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 120, paragraph 2:</span> "he must redouble his spiritual activities if he expects to survive."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 152, paragraph 2:</span> "I know I must get along without liquor, but how can I?"<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 95, paragraph 3:</span> "he must decide for himself whether he wants to go on"<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 95, paragraph 3:</span> "If he is to find God, the desire must come from within."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 159, paragraph 3: </span>"Though they knew they must help other alcoholics if they would remain sober, that motive became secondary."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 156, paragraph 3: </span>" Both saw that they must keep spiritually active. "<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 130, paragraph 2: </span>"that is where our work must be done."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 82, paragraph 3:</span> "Certainly he must keep sober, for there will be no home if he doesn't."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 143, paragraph 2:</span> "he should understand that he must undergo a change of heart"<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 69, paragraph 4: </span>"Whatever our ideal turns out to be, we must be willing to grow toward it."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 69, paragraph 4:</span> "We must be willing to make amends where we have done harm"<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 44, paragraph 3: </span>"we had to face the fact that we must find a spiritual basis of life - or else."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 78, paragraph 3: </span>"We must lose our fear of creditors no matter how far we have to go, for we are liable to drink if we are afraid to face them."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 93, paragraph 3:</span> "To be vital, faith must be accompanied by self sacrifice and unselfish, constructive action."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 43, paragraph 4: </span>"His defense must come from a Higher Power."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 66, paragraph 4:</span> "We saw that these resentments must be mastered"<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 146, paragraph 4:</span> " For he knows he must be honest if he would live at all."<o:p></o:p><br /><span class="style4">Page 73, paragraph 5:</span> "We must be entirely honest with somebody if we expect to live long or happily in this world."<o:p></o:p><br /><div class="style51">But Remember... "When the man is presented with this volume it is best that no one tell him he must abide by its suggestions." page 144, paragraph 3<o:p></o:p></div><div class="style51"><v:shape alt="" id="_x0000_i1047" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata href="http://www.minnesotarecovery.info/images/index.3.gif" src="file:///C:%5CWINDOWS%5CTEMP%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.gif"></v:imagedata><img border="0" height="19" shapes="_x0000_i1047" src="file:///C:/WINDOWS/TEMP/msohtml1/01/clip_image001.gif" width="461" /><o:p></o:p></v:shape></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: navy;">Dry Drunk Syndrome<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: navy;">Sobriety will necessarily have its ups and downs, its good </span><st1:personname><span style="color: navy;">tim</span></st1:personname><span style="color: navy;">es and its bad </span><st1:personname><span style="color: navy;">tim</span></st1:personname><span style="color: navy;">es, if only because we live in a world which we are inseparably joined. One doesn't always sustain sobriety at the same level. There are fluctuations, shocks and setbacks which, when addressed within the context of the A.A. program, so not in themselves imperil the totality of one's sobriety. The Dry Drunk Syndrome is a term that should not be used as a catch-all when one has a bad day or a bump in life throws us for a while. Those are ups and downs that everyone experiences and shouldn't be labeled to be anything more than what they truly are. The Dry Drunk is a condition far more serious than the highs and lows of our day-to-day existence.</span> <o:p></o:p></div><span style="color: navy;">The phrase "dry drunk" has two significant words for the alcoholic. "Dry" refers to the abstinence from drinking, whereas "drunk" signifies a deeply pathological condition resulting from the use of alcohol in the past. Taken together these words suggest intoxication without alcohol. Since intoxication comes from the Greek word for poison, "dry drunk" implies a state of mind and a mode of behavior that are poisonous to the alcoholic's well being.</span> <o:p></o:p><br /><span style="color: navy;">OBVIOUS TRAITS Persons experiencing a full-blown DRY DRUNK are, for that period, removed from the world of sobriety; they fail, for whatever reason, to accept the necessary conditions for sober living. Their mental and emotional homes are chaotic, their approach to everyday living is unrealistic, and their behavior, both verbal and physical, is unacceptable.</span><o:p></o:p><br /><span style="color: navy;">This lack of sober realism manifests itself in many ways.</span><o:p></o:p><br /><span style="color: navy;">1. Grandiosity, put very simply, is an exaggeration of one's own importance. This can be demonstrated either in terms of one's strengths or weaknesses. In either case it is blatantly self- seeking or self-serving, putting oneself at the center of attention, from the "big me" who has ask the answers to the "poor me" whose cup of self-pity runneth over and wants all of our attention.</span><o:p></o:p><br /><span style="color: navy;">2. Judgmentalism is mutually related to grandiosity. It means that the alcoholic is prone to make value judgments - strikingly inappropriate evaluations - usually in terms of "goodness" or "badness".</span><o:p></o:p><br /><span style="color: navy;">3. Intolerance leaves no room for delaying the gratification of personal desires. This is accomplished by gross confusion of priorities with the result that a mere whim or passing fancy is mistakenly given more importance than genuine personal needs.</span><o:p></o:p><br /><span style="color: navy;">4. Impulsivity is the result of intolerance or the lack of ability to delay gratification of personal desires. Impulsivity describes behavior which is heedless of the ul</span><st1:personname><span style="color: navy;">tim</span></st1:personname><span style="color: navy;">ate consequence for self or others.</span><o:p></o:p><br /><span style="color: navy;">5. Indecisiveness is related to impulsitivity in the sense that while the latter takes no realistic account of the consequences of the actions, the former precludes effective action altogether. Indecisiveness stems from an unrealistic exaggeration of the negative possibilities of the action ; so one wavers between two or more possible courses of action, more </span><st1:personname><span style="color: navy;">tim</span></st1:personname><span style="color: navy;">es than not- nothing gets done.</span><o:p></o:p><br /><span style="color: navy;">These conditions, grandiosity, judgmentalism, intolerance ,impulsivity, and indecisiveness taken separately or together can lead to the following: a) Mood swings, which are unrelated to the circumstances to which one tries to link them. Alcoholics zero in on what they want others to think is the cause of the mood swing, when it isn't that at all. More often than not it is something much deeper than the reason given. Inversely it can also be something totally insignificant with no substance at all (e.g. the sugar is too sweet or the donut is too round). Any excuse will do. b) Unable to demonstrate emotions freely, naturally and without constraint. No emotional spontaneity, no genuine spark. c) Introspection. A very healthy thing to do is difficult if not impossible for the "dry drunk". It means to look inward to one's examining each thought and desire, which is linked directly to one's attitude. d) Detachment. Become aloof, display indifference, don't care one way or the other, no special likes or dislikes, they withdraw. e) Self-absorption- with a tendency to call attention to whatever they have attained. Narcissism which is quite simply self-love. They become pompous asses. f) The inability to appreciate or enjoy themselves - nothing satisfies. g) Evidence of disorganization, is easily distracted, complains of boredom, and nothing seems to fit. h) A nostalgia sets in, a kind of wistful yearning for something of the past, such as freedom from care associated (falsely) with drinking, bars, drinking associates, and friends; the music, blue lights, and tinkle of the ice cubes in a glass in the neighborhood saloon. i) There can be a kind of romanticism, which includes unrealistic valuations of lifestyles and character traits which can be and usually are objectively dangerous to one's sobriety. j) Escapism. Fantasizing, daydreaming, and wishful thinking are very much in </span><st1:personname><span style="color: navy;">evi</span></st1:personname><span style="color: navy;">dence in the dry drunk syndrome as the individual slips farther and farther from reality.</span><o:p></o:p><br /><span style="color: navy;">Since the abnormality of the alcoholic's attitudes and behavior during the drinking career is generally recognized, the persistence or these character traits after stopping drinking (or the reappearance after an interlude of sobriety) is equally abnormal.</span><o:p></o:p><br /><span style="color: navy;">The term "dry drunk" therefore denotes the absences of favorable change in the attitudes and behavior of the alcoholic who is not drinking, or the reversion of these by the alcoholic who has experienced a period of successful sobriety. From these conditions, it is to be inferred that the alcoholic is experiencing discomfort in life.</span><o:p></o:p><br /><span style="color: navy;">The self-destructive attitudes and behavior of the dry drunk alcoholic are different in degree but not in kind. The alcoholic, when drinking, has learned to rely on a deeply inadequate, radically immature approach to solving life's problems. And this is exactly what one sees in the dry drunk.</span><o:p></o:p><br /><span style="color: navy;">ANALYSIS OF DRY DRUNK BEHAVIOR The alcoholic who rationalizes their own irresponsible behavior are also likely to find fault in the attitudes and behavior of others. Although not denying their own shortcomings, they attempt to escape notice by cataloging in great detail the transgressions of others.</span><o:p></o:p><br /><span style="color: navy;">The classic maneuver of the dry drunk is over-reaction. The alcoholic may attach a seemingly disproportionate intensity of feeling to an ordinary insignificant event or mishap.</span><o:p></o:p><br /><span style="color: navy;">Some alcoholics who experience the dry drunk seem to know all the answers, are seldom at a loss for words when it comes to self-diagnosis. Their knowledge is quite impressive, their apparent insight, as opposed to genuine insight, is convincing.</span><o:p></o:p><br /><span style="color: navy;">CORRECTIVE MEASURES: Those undergoing a dry drunk lead impoverished lives. They experience severe limitations to grow,, to mature, and benefit from the possibilities that life offers. They lack the freshness and spontaneity that genuinely sober alcoholics manifest. Their life is a closed system, attitudes and behaviors are stereotyped, repetitive, and consequently predictable.</span><o:p></o:p><br /><span style="color: navy;">Alcoholics learn early that humility and a power greater than them- selves are the bedrock for a genuine and productive sobriety. An unusual measure of self-discipline must accompany the ego deflation process. Needed is self-discipline in honesty, patience and responsibility towards the recovery process [and acceptance of their disease]. [To improve long term goals of sobriety be aware of mental stressors, get more involved in the recovery program, get active in the 12 steps, get and use a sponsor, talk things out.] Hopefully. they will begin to appreciate the ironic folly of those alcoholics who think life has suddenly become manageable again; whose sanity is beyond question; who see no need of turning their lives over to a power greater then them- selves; who find personal inventories unnecessary since they are seldom in the wrong and are no longer subject to the embarrassing need of repairing the wrongs they have done.</span><o:p></o:p><br /><span style="color: navy;">When dry drunk alcoholics awaken to this irony that they, still unmanageable, still powerless, are the ones who have made this remarkable "recovery," they may feel sufficiently mortified to want to change.</span><strong><span style="color: navy;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong><br /><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><v:shape alt="" id="_x0000_i1046" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata href="http://www.minnesotarecovery.info/images/index.3.gif" src="file:///C:%5CWINDOWS%5CTEMP%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.gif"></v:imagedata><o:p></o:p></v:shape></div><div class="style51"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="style51"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><b style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></b><br /><div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><img src="http://1.2.3.10/bmi/1.2.3.13/bmi/1.2.3.9/bmi/www.barefootsworld.net/graphics/aa-sayings-ani.gif" /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div>This little booklet, originally titled "Alcoholics Anonymous: An interpretation of our Twelve Steps," was widely used in the early days of A.A. in the Northwest. It was not produced by Alcoholics Anonymous, but rather was printed and subsequently modified by several different publishers. It was, perhaps, the earliest attempt at a guide to the Twelve Steps.<br /><br />The story is that a serviceman, on his way to the war in the Pacific, stopped into a meeting in Seattle with a one of the booklets. Members were enthusiastic about the booklet and talked the man out of his copy. Many other copies were then made and distributed. This story is, perhaps, anecdotal. However, what is certain is that the little pamphlet became a fixture at many of the early A.A. meetings. The booklet was later renamed to "The Table Mate: Guide to the Study of the Twelve Steps" and considerable expanded. The "Table Mate" is still used by many members today, often handed down from sponsor to sponsee.<br /><br />A version of the booklet, under the title "A guide to the Twelve Steps", can be ordered from:<br /><br />The text presented here is from one of the booklets dating from the late 40's or early 50's. This printing was obviously rather amateurish and contained many typos. We have reproduced the original here as closely as possible, only cleaning up some of the more blatant typos.<br /><div style="font-size: 10px;"><img src="http://1.2.3.10/bmi/1.2.3.13/bmi/1.2.3.9/bmi/www.barefootsworld.net/graphics/aa-sayings-ani.gif" /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><b>PREFACE</b></div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">The following pages contain the basic material for the discussion meetings for alcoholics only.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">These meetings are held for the purpose of acquainting both old and new members with the 12 steps on which our program is based.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">So that all twelve steps may be covered in a minimum of time they are divided into four classifications and one evening each week will be devoted to each of the four subdivisions. Thus, in one month, a new man can get the basis of our 12 suggested steps.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">1.We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">2.Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">3.Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understand Him.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">4.Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">5.Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">6.Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">7.Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">10.Continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">11.Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understand Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">12. Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">These steps are divided as follows:</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Discussion No. 1---The admission, Step No. 1.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Discussion No. 2---The spiritual phase, Steps 2,3,5,6,7, and 11.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Discussion No. 3---The inventory and restitution, Steps No. 4, 8, 9 and 10.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Discussion No. 4---The active work, which is Step No. 12.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">DISCUSSION NO. 1</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">THE ADMISSION</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">The material contained herein is merely an outline of the admission phase of the program and is not intended to replace or supplant-</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">a. The careful reading and re-reading of the Big Book.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">b. Regular attendance at weekly group meetings.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">c. Study of the Program.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">d. Daily practice of the program.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">e. Reading of approved printed matter on Alcoholism.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">f. Informal discussion with other members.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">This meeting covers Step No. 1. "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">This instruction is not a short-cut to A.A. It is an introduction-a help-a brief course in the fundamentals.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">In order to determine whether or not a person has drifted from "social drinking" into pathological drinking it is well to check over a list of test questions, which each member may ask himself and answer for himself.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">We must answer once and for all these three puzzling questions-</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">What is an Alcoholic?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Who is an Alcoholic?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Am I an Alcoholic?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">To get the right answer the prospective member must start this course of instruction with-</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">1. A willingness to learn. We must not have the attitude that "you've got to show me."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">2. An open mind. Forget any and all ideas or notions we already have. Set our opinions aside.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">3. Complete honesty. It is possible-not at all probable-that we may fool somebody else. But we MUST be honest with ourselves, and it is a good time to start being honest with others.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">SUGGESTED TEST QUESTIONS</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">1. Do you require a drink the next morning?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">2. Do you prefer to drink alone?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">3. Do you lose time from work due to drinking?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">4. Is your drinking harming your family in any way?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">5. Do you crave a drink at a definite time daily?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">6. Do you get the inner shakes unless you continue drinking?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">7. Has drinking made you irritable?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">8. Does drinking make you careless of your family's welfare?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">9. Have you harmed your husband or wife since drinking?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">10. Has drinking changed your personality?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">11. Does drinking cause you bodily complaints?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">12. Does drinking make you restless?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">13. Does drinking cause you to have difficulty in sleeping?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">14. Has drinking made you more impulsive?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">15. Have you less self-control since drinking?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">16. Has your initiative decreased since drinking?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">17. Has your ambition decreased since drinking?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">18. Do you lack perseverance in pursuing a goal since drinking?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">19. Do you drink to obtain social ease? (In shy, timid, self-conscious individuals.)</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">20. Do you drink for self-encouragement? (In persons with feelings of inferiority.)</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">21. Do you drink to relieve marked feeling of inadequacy?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">22. Has your sexual potency suffered since drinking?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">23. Do you show marked dislikes and hatreds since drinking?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">24. Has your jealousy, in general, increased since drinking?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">25. Do you show marked moodiness as a result of drinking?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">26. Has your efficiency decreased since drinking?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">27. Has your drinking made you more sensitive?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">28. Are you harder to get along with since drinking?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">29. Do you turn to an inferior environment since drinking?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">30. Is drinking endangering your health?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">31. Is drinking affecting your peace of mind?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">32. Is drinking making your home life unhappy?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">33. Is drinking jeopardizing your business?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">34. Is drinking clouding your reputation?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">35. Is drinking disturbing the harmony of your life?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">If you have answered YES to any one of the Test Questions, there is a definite warning that you may be alcoholic. If you have answered YES to any two of the Test Questions the chances are that you are an alcoholic.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">If you answered YES to three or more of the Test Questions you are definitely AN ALCOHOLIC.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">NOTE: The Test Questions are not A.A. Questions but are the guide used by Johns Hopkins University Hospital in deciding whether a patient is alcoholic or not.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">In addition to the Test Questions we in A.A. would ask even more questions. Here are a few-</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">36. Have you ever had a complete loss of memory while, or after drinking?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">37. Have you ever felt, when or after drinking, an inability to concentrate?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">38. Have your ever felt "remorse" after drinking?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">39. Has a physician ever treated you for drinking?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">40. Have you ever been hospitalized for drinking?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Many other questions could be asked but the foregoing are sufficient for the purpose of this instruction.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">WHY DOES AN ALCOHOLIC DRINK?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Having decided that we are alcoholics, it is well to consider what competent mental doctors consider as the REASONS why an Alcoholic drinks.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">1. As an escape from situations of life which he cannot face.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">2. As evidence of a maladjusted personality (including sexual maladjustments)</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">3. As a development from social drinking to pathological drinking.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">4. As a symptom of a major abnormal mental state.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">5. As an escape from incurable physical pain.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">6. As a symptom of constitutional inferiority-a psychopathic personality. For example, an individual who drinks because he likes alcohol, knows he cannot handle it, but does not care.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">7. Many times one cannot determine any great and glaring mechanism as the basis of why the drinker drinks; but the revealing fact may be elicited that alcohol is taken to relieve a certain vague restlessness in the individual incident to friction between his biological and emotional make-up and the ordinary strains of life.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">The above reasons are general reasons. Where the individuality or personality of the alcoholic is concerned these reasons may be divided as follows-</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">1. A self-pampering tendency which manifests itself in refusal to tolerate, even temporarily, unpleasant states of mind such as boredom, sorrow, anger, disappointment, worry, depression, dissatisfaction, and feelings of inferiority and inadequacy. "I want what I want when I want it" seems to express the attitude of many alcoholics toward life.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">2. An instinctive urge for self-expression, unaccompanied by determination to translate the urge into creative action.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">3. An abnormal craving for emotional experiences which calls for removal of intellectual restraint.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">4. Powerful hidden ambitions, without the necessary resolve to take practical steps to attain them and with resultant discontent, irritability, depression, disgruntledness and general restlessness.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">5. A tendency to flinch from the worries of life and to seek escape from reality by the easiest means available.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">6. An unreasonable demand for continuous happiness or excitement.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">7. An insistent craving for the feeling of self-confidence, calm and poise that some obtain temporarily from alcohol.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">WE ADMIT</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">If, after carefully considering the foregoing, we ADMIT we are an alcoholic we must realize that-</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Once a person becomes a pathological drinker, he can never again become a controlled drinker; and-from that point on, is limited to just two alternatives:</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">1. Total permanent abstinence.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">2. Chronic alcoholism with all of the handicaps and penalties it implies. In other words-we have gone past the point where we HAD A CHOICE.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">All we have left is a DECISION to make.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">WE RESOLVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">1. WE MUST CHANGE OUR WAY OF THINKING. (This is such an important matter that it will have to be discussed more fully in a later discussion.)</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">2. We must realize that each morning, when you wake, you are a potential drunkard for that day.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">3. We resolve that we will practice A.A. for the 24 hours of that day.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">4. We must study the other eleven Steps of the Program and practice each and every one.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">5. Attend the regular Group Meeting each week without fail.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">6. Firmly believe that by practicing A.A. faithfully each day, we will achieve sobriety.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">7. Believe that we can be free from alcohol as a problem.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">8. contact another member BEFORE taking a drink-not AFTER. Tell him what bothers you-talk it over with him freely.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">9. Work the Program for ourselves alone-NOT for our wife, children, friends or for our job.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">10. Be absolutely honest and sincere.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">11. Be fully open minded-no mental reservations.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">12. Be fully willing to work the Program. Nothing good in life comes without work.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">CONCLUSION</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">1. Alcoholics are suffering from a MENTAL DISEASE-not a physical illness. Fortunately we in A.A. have learned how it may be controlled (this will be shown in the next eleven Steps of the Program.)</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">2. We can also learn to be FREE from alcohol as a problem.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">3. We can achieve a full and happy life without recourse to alcohol.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">ASK QUESTIONS</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">No question pertaining to drinking-or stopping drinking-is silly or irrelevant. The matter is TOO SERIOUS.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Any questions we ask may help some one else.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">This is not a short-cut to A.A. It is an introduction-a help-a brief course in fundamentals.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">In A.A. we learn by question and answer.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">We learn by exchanging our thought and our experience with each other.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Any question you ask may help some one else. To cover as many questions as possible in the short time available all answers must be limited to three (3) minutes.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">DISCUSSION NO. 2</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">THE SPIRITUAL PHASE</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">The material contained herein is merely an outline of the spiritual phase of the program and is not intended to replace or supplant</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">a. The careful reading and re-reading of the Big Book.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">b. Regular attendance at weekly group meetinfs.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">c. Study of the Program.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">d. Daily practice of the program.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">e. Reading of approved printed matter on Alcoholism.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">f. Informal discussion with other members.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">This instruction is not a short-cut to A.A. It is an introduction-a help-a brief course in the fundamentals.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">This meeting covers Steps 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11. We will take them in order.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">STEP NO. 2-"Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Our drinking experience has shown-</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">1. That as we strayed away from the normal SOCIAL side of life, our minds became confused and we strayed away from the normal MENTAL side of life.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">2. An abnormal MENTAL condition is certainly not SANITY in the accepted sense of the word. We have acquired or developed a MENTAL DISEASE. Our study of A.A. shows that-</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">a. In the MENTAL or tangible side of life we have lost touch with, or ignored, or have forgotten the SPIRITUAL values that give us the dignity of MAN as differentiated from the ANIMAL. We have fallen back upon the MATERIAL things of life and these have failed us. We have been groping in the dark.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">b. No HUMAN agency, no SCIENCE or ART has been able to solve the alcoholic problem, so we turn to the SPIRITUAL for quidance.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Therefore, we "Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">1. We must believe with a great FAITH.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">STEP NO. 3-"Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of GOD as we understand Him." In the first step we learned that we had lost the power of CHOICE and had to make a DECISION.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">1. What DECISION could we make better than to</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">a. Turn our very WILL over to GOD, realizing that our own use of our own will had resulted in trouble.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">b. As in the Lord's Prayer you must believe and practice THY WILL BE DONE.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">2. GOD as we understand Him.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">3. RELIGION is a word we do not use in A.A. We refer to a member's relation to GOD as the SPIRITUAL. A religion is a FORM of worship-not the worship itself.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">4. If a man cannot believe in GOD he can certainly believe in SOMETHING greater than himself. If he cannot believe in a POWER greater than himself he is a rather hopeless egoist.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">STEP NO. 5-"Admitted to GOD, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">1. There is nothing new in this step. There are many sound reasons for "talking over our troubles out loud with others."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">2. The Catholic already has this medium readily available to him in the Confessional.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">But-the Catholic is at a disadvantage if he thinks his familiarity with confession permits him to think his part of A.A. is thereby automatically taken care of. He must, in confession, seriously consider his problems in relation to his alcoholic thinking.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">3. The non-Catholic has the way open to work this step by going to his minister, his doctor, or his friend.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">4. Under this step it is not even necessary to go to a priest or minister. Any understanding human being, friend or stranger will serve the purpose.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">5. The purpose and intent of this step is so plain and definite that it needs little explanation. The point is that we MUST do EXACTLY what the Fifth Step says, sooner or later.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">We must not be in a rush to get this step off our chest. Consider it carefully and calmly. Then get about it and do it.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">6. "Wrongs" do not necessarily mean "crime. It can well be wrong thinking-selfishness-false pride-egotism-or any one of a hundred such negative faults.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">STEP NO. 6-"We are entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">1. After admitting our wrong thinking and wrong actions in Step 5 we now do something more than "admit" or "confess."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">2. We now become READY and WILLING to have God remove the defects in our CHARACTER.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">3. Remember it is OUR character we are working on. Not the other fellow's. Here is a good place to drop the CRITICAL attitude toward others-the SUPERIOR attitude toward others.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">4. We must clean our mind of wrong thinking-petty jealousy-envy-self pity-remorse, etc.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">5. Here is the place to drop RESENTMENTS, one of the biggest hurdles the alcoholic has to get over.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">6. What concerns us here is that we drop all thoughts of resentment-anger-hatred-revenge.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">7. We turn our WILL over to God and let HIS WILL direct us how to patiently remove, one by one, all defects in our character.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">STEP NO. 7-"Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings." The meaning of this step is clear. Prayer-Humility.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">1. Prayer. No man can tell another HOW to pray. Each one has, or works out for himself, his own method.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">If we cannot pray, we just talk to God and tell Him our troubles.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Meditate-think clearly and cleanly-and ask God to direct our thoughts. Christ said "ask and ye shall receive." What method is simpler-merely "ask."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">If you cannot pray ask God to teach you to pray.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">2. Humility. This, simply, is the virtue of being ourselves and realizing how small we are in a big world full of its own trouble.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Drop all pretense. We must not be Mr. Big Shot-bragging, boasting. Shed false pride. Tell the simple, plain, unvarnished truth. Act, walk and talk simply. See the little bit of good that exists in an evil man. Forget the little bit of evil that exists in the good man. We must not look down on the very lowest of GOD'S creatures or man's mistakes. Think clearly, honestly, fairly, generously.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">3. The shortcomings we ask GOD to remove are the very defects in character that make us drink. The same defects we drink to hide or to get away from.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">STEP NO. 11-"Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with GOD as we understood HIM praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">1. We pray each night-every night-a prayer of thanks.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">2. We pray each morning-every morning-for help and guidance.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">3. When we are lonely-confused-uncertain-we pray.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Most of us find it well to:</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">1. Choose, for each day, a "quite time" to meditate on the program, on your progress in it.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">2. Keep conscious contact with GOD and pray to make that contact closer.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">3. Pray that our will be laid aside and that God's will direct us.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">4. Pray for calmness-quiet-relaxation-rest.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">5. Pray for strength and courage to enable us to do today's work today.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">6. Pray for forgiveness for yesterday's errors.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">7. Ask for HOPE for better things tomorrow.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">8. Pray for what we feel we need. We will not get what we "want." We will get what we "need"-what is good for us.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">CONCLUSION</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">We find that no one need have difficulty with the spiritual side of the program. WILLINGNESS-HONESTY and OPEN MINDEDNESS are the ESSENTIALS OF RECOVERY. BUT THESE ARE INDISPENSABLE.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">ASK QUESTIONS</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">No question pertaining to drinking-or stopping drinking-is silly or irrelevant. The matter is too SERIOUS. In A.A. we learn by question and answer.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">We learn by exchanging our thought and our experience with each other.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Any question you ask may help someone else. To cover as many questions as possible in the short time available all answers must be limited to three (3) minutes.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">GOD grant me the serenity to accept things I cannot change, courage to change things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">DISCUSSION NO. 3</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">INVENTORY AND RESTITUTION</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">The material contained herein is merely an outline of the inventory and restitution steps and is not intended to replace or supplant-</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">a. The careful reading and re-reading of the Big Book.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">b. Regular attendance at weekly group meetings.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">c. Study of the Program.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">d. Daily practice of the program.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">e. Reading of approved printed matter on Alcoholism.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">f. Informal discussion with other members.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">This instruction is not a short-cut to A.A. It is an introduction-a help-a brief course in the fundamentals.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">This meeting covers Steps 4-8-9-10-We will take them in order.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">STEP 4-"Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves." The intent and purpose of this step is plain. All alcoholics have a definite need for a good self-analysis-a sort of self-appraisal. Other people have certainly analyzed us, appraised us, criticized us and even judged us. It might be a good idea to judge ourselves, calmly and honestly. We need inventory because-</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">1. Either our faults, weaknesses, defects of character-are the cause of our drinking OR</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">2. Our drinking has weakened our character and let us drift into all kinds of wrong action, wrong attitudes, wrong viewpoints. In either event we obviously need an inventory and the only kink of inventory to make is a GOOD one.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Moreover, the job is up to US. WE created or WE let develop all the anti-social actions that got US in wrong. So WE have got to work it out. WE must make out a list of our faults and then We must do something about it.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">The inventory must be four things-</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">1. It must be HONEST. Why waste time fooling ourselves with a phoney list. We have fooled ourselves for years. We tried to fool others and now is a good time to look ourselves squarely in the eye.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">2. It must be SEARCHING. Why skip over a vital matter lightly and quickly. Our trouble is a grave mental disease, confused by screwy thinking. Therefore, we must SEARCH diligently and fearlessly to get at the TRUTH of what is wrong with us-just dig in and SEARCH.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">3. It must be FEARLESS. We must not be afraid we might find things in our heart, mind and soul that we will hate to discover. If we do find such things they may be the ROOT of our trouble.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">4. It must be a MORAL inventory. Some, in error, think the inventory is a lot of unpaid debts, plus a list of unmade apologies. Our trouble goes much deeper. We will find the root of our trouble lies in- resentments-False Pride-Envy-Jealousy-Selfishness and many other things. Laziness is an important one. In other words we are making an inventory of our character-our attitude toward others-our very way of living. We are not preparing a financial statement. We will pay our bills all right, because we cannot even begin to practice A.A. without HONESTY.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">STEP 8-"Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all." Under this step we will make a list (mental or written) of those we have harmed.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">We ask GOD to let His Will be done, not OUR will, and ask for the strength and courage to become willing to forget resentments and false pride and make amends to those we have harmed. We must not do this step grudgingly, or as an unpleasant task to be rid of quickly. We must do it WILLINGLY, fairly and humbly-without condescension.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">STEP 9-"Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Here is where we make peace with ourselves by making peace with those we have hurt.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">The amends we make must be direct. We must pay in kind for the hurt we have done them.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">If we have cheated them we must make restitution.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">If we have hurt their feelings we must ask forgiveness from them.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">The list of harms done may be long but the list of amends is equally long.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">For every "wrong" we have done, there is a "right" we may do to compensate.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">There is only one exception. we must develop a sense of justice, a spirit of fairness, an attitude of common sense. If our effort to make amends would create further harm or cause a scandal we will have to skip the "direct amends" and clean the matter up under STEP 5.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">HUMILITY</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">A state of complete humility is very difficult to attain, but the goal is well worth the effort, considering the serenity that is achieved.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">DISCUSSION NO. 4</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">ACTIVE WORK</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">The material contained herein is merely an outline of the inventory and restitution steps and is not intended to replace or supplant-</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">a. The careful reading and re-reading of the Big Book.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">b. Regular attendance at weekly group meetings.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">c. Study of the Program.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">d. Daily practice of the program.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">e. Reading of approved printed matter on Alcoholism.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">f. Informal discussion with other members.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">This instruction is not a short-cut to A.A. It is an introduction-a help-a brief course in the fundamentals.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">THIS MEETING COVERS THE TWELFTH STEP</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">"Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">This STEP logically separates into 3 parts.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><b>1. The SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE.</b></div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">The terms "spiritual experience" and "spiritual awakening" used here and in the book ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, mean, upon careful reading, that the personality change sufficient to bring about recovery from alcoholism has manifested itself among us in many forms.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Do NOT get the impression that these personality changes, or spiritual experiences, must be in the nature of sudden and spectacular upheavals. Happily for everyone, this conclusion is erroneous.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Among our rapidly membership of thousands of alcoholics such transformations, though frequent, are by no means the rule. Most of our experiences are what the psychologist William James calls the "educational variety" because they develop slowly over a period of time. Quite often friends of the newcomer are aware of the difference long before he is himself.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">The new man gradually realizes that he has undergone a profound alteration in his reaction to life; that such a change could hardly have been brought about by himself alone. What often takes place in a few months could seldom have been accomplished by years of self-discipline. With few exceptions our members find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a Power greater than themselves.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Most emphatically we wish to say that any alcoholic capable of honestly facing his problem in the light of our experience can recover provided he does no close his mind to all spiritual concepts. He can only be defeated by an attitude of intolerance or belligerent denial.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">We find that no one need have difficulty with the spiritual side of the program. Willingness, Honesty and Open Mindedness are the Essentials of Recovery. But these are indispensable.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><b>2. CARRY THE MESSAGE TO OTHERS.</b></div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">This means exactly what it says. Carry the message actively. Bring it to the man who needs it. We do it in many ways.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">a. By attending EVERY meeting of our own group</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">b. By making calls when asked.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">c. By speaking at Group Meetings when asked.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">d. By supporting our Group financially to make group meetings possible.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">e. By assisting at Meetings when asked.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">f. By setting a good example of complete sobriety.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">g. By owning, and loaning to new men, our own copy of the big A.A. Book.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">h. By encouraging those who find the way difficult.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">i. By serving as an officer or on group committees or special assignment when asked.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">j. By doing all of the foregoing cheerfully and willingly.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">k. We do any or all of the foregoing at some sacrifice to OURSELVES WITH DEFINITE THOUGHT OF DEVELOPING unselfishness in our own character.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><b>3. WE PRACTICE THESE PRINCIPLES IN ALL OUR AFFAIRS.</b></div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">This last part of the TWELFTH STEP is the real purpose that all of the twelve steps lead to-a new "way of life"; a "design for living." It shows how to live rightly, think rightly and to achieve happiness.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">HOW DO WE GO ABOUT IT?</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">a. We resolve to live our life, one day at a time-just 24 hours.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">b. We pray each day for guidance that day.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">c. We pray each night-thanks for that day.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">d. We resolve to keep our heads and to forego any anger, no matter what situation arises.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">e. We are patient.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">f. We keep calm-relaxed.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">g. Now, and most important, whatever LITTLE ordinary situation as well as BIG situations arise, we look at it calmly and fairly, with an open mind. Then act on it in exact accordance with the simple true principles that A.A. has taught and will teach us.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">In other words, our SOBRIETY is only a correction of our worst and most evident faults. Our living each day according to the principles of A.A. will also correct all of our other lesser faults and will gradually eliminate, one by one, all of the defects in our character that cause frictions, discontent, and unhappy rebellious moods that lead right back to our very chief fault of drinking.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">ASK QUESTIONS</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">No question pertaining to drinking-or stopping drinking is silly or irrelevant. The matter is too SERIOUS. In A.A. we learn by question and answer.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">We learn by exchanging our thought and experience with each other.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"Remember your last drunk"</span></b></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 24, Paragraph 2: "We are unable, at times, to bring into our consciousness with sufficient force the memory of the suffering and humiliation of even a week or a month ago. We are without defense against the first drink."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"I choose not to drink today"</span></b></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 24 Paragraph 2: "The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"Play the tape all the way through"</span></b></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 24, paragraph 3: "The almost certain consequences that follow taking even a glass of beer do not crowd into the mind to deter us. I f these thoughts do occur, they are hazy and readily supplanted with the old threadbare idea that this time we shall handle ourselves like other people. There is a complete failure of the kind of defense that keeps one from putting his hand on a hot stove."</div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"Think through the drink"</span></b></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 43, paragraph 4: "Once more: The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first drink. Except in a few rare cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense. His defense must come from a Higher Power."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"I will always be recovering, never recovered."</span></b></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Title Page: "ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS. The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism"</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 20, paragraph 2: "Doubtless you are curious to discover how and why, in face of expert opinion to the contrary, we have recovered from a hopeless condition of mind and body.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Foreword to the First Edition: "We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 29, paragraph 2: "Further on, clear-cut directions are given showing how we recovered."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 132, paragraph 3: "We have recovered, and have been given the power to help others."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">“We are all just an arms length away from a drink”</span></b></div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 84, paragraph 4, "And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone - even alcohol. For by this time sanity will have returned. We will seldom be interested in liquor. If tempted, we recoil from it as from a hot flame. We react sanely and normally, and we will find that this has happened automatically. We will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given us without any thought or effort on our part. It just comes! That is the miracle of it. We are not fighting it, neither are we avoiding temptation. We feel as though we had been placed in a position of neutrality - safe and protected. We have not even sworn off. Instead, the problem has been removed. It does not exist for us"</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"I don't have an alcohol problem, I have a living problem"</span></b></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page xxiv, paragraph 2: "In our belief, any picture of the alcoholic which leaves out this physical factor is incomplete."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"Don't drink and go to meetings."</span></b></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 34, paragraph 2: “Many of us felt we had plenty of character. There was a tremendous urge to cease forever. Yet we found it impossible. This is the baffling feature of alcoholism as we know it—this utter inability to leave it alone, no matter how great the necessity or the wish.”</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 34, paragraph 3: "Whether such a person can quit upon a nonspiritual basis depends upon the extent to which he has already lost the power to choose whether he will drink or not."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 17, paragraph 2: "Unlike the feelings of the ship's passengers, however, our joy in escape from disaster does not subside as we go our individual ways. The feeling of having shared in a common peril is one element in the powerful cement which binds us. But that in itself would never have held us together as we are now joined."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"This is a selfish program"</span></b></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 20, paragraph 1: "Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 97, paragraph 2: "Helping others is the foundation stone of your recovery. A kindly act once in a while isn't enough. You have to act the Good Samaritan every day, if need be. It may mean the loss of many nights' sleep, great interference with your pleasures, interruptions to your business. It may mean sharing your money and your home, counseling frantic wives and relatives, innumerable trips to police courts, sanitariums, hospitals, jails and asylums. Your telephone may jangle at any time of the day or night. "</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 14-15: "For if an alcoholic failed to perfect and enlarge his spiritual life through work and self-sacrifice for others, he could not survive the certain trials and low spots ahead."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 62, paragraph 2: "Selfishness, self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles"</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 62, paragraph 3: "So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn't think so. Above everything, we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness. We must, or it</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">kill us!"</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"Meeting makers make it"</span></b></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 59, paragraph 3: "Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of recovery"</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">"I'm powerless over people, places and things"</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 132, paragraph 3: "We have recovered, and have been given the power to help others."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 122, paragraph 3: " Years of living with an alcoholic is almost sure to make any wife or child neurotic. "</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 82, paragraph 4: "The alcoholic is like a tornado roaring his way through the lives of others. Hearts are broken. Sweet relationships are dead. Affections have been uprooted. Selfish and inconsiderate habits have kept the home in turmoil. We feel a man is unthinking when he says that sobriety is enough."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 89, paragraph 2: "You can help when no one else can. You can secure their confidence when others fail."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"You're in the right place"</span></b></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 20-21: "Then we have a certain type of hard drinker. He may have the habit badly enough to gradually impair him physically and mentally. It may cause him to die a few years before his time. If a sufficiently strong reason - ill health, falling in love, change of environment, or the warning of a doctor - becomes operative, this man can also stop or moderate, although he may find it difficult and troublesome and may even need medical attention."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 31, paragraph 2: " If anyone who is showing inability to control his drinking can do the right- about-face and drink like a gentleman, our hats are off to him."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 31-32: "We do not like to pronounce any individual as alcoholic, but you can quickly diagnose yourself. Step over to the nearest barroom and try some controlled drinking. Try to drink and stop abruptly. Try it more than once. It will not take long for you to decide, if you are honest with yourself about it. It may be worth a bad case of jitters if you get a full knowledge of your condition."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 108-109: "Your husband may be only a heavy drinker. His drinking may be constant or it may be heavy only on certain occasions. Perhaps he spends too much money for liquor. It may be slowing him up mentally and physically, but he does not see it. Sometimes he is a source of embarrassment to you and his friends. He is positive he can handle his liquor, that it does him no harm, that drinking is necessary in his business. He would probably be insulted if he were called an alcoholic. This world is full of people like him. Some will moderate or stop altogether, and some will not. Of those who keep on, a good number will become true alcoholics after a while."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 92, paragraph 2: "If you are satisfied that he is a real alcoholic"</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 95, paragraph 4: "If he thinks he can do the job in some other way, or prefers some other spiritual approach, encourage him to follow his own conscience."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">"If an alcoholic wants to get sober, nothing you say can make him drink. "</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 103, paragraph 2: "A spirit of intolerance might repel alcoholics whose lives could have been saved, had it not been for such stupidity. We would not even do the cause of temperate drinking any good, for not one drinker in a thousand likes to be told anything about alcohol by one who hates it."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"We must change playmates, playgrounds, and playthings"</span></b></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 100-101: "Assuming we are spiritually fit, we can do all sorts of things alcoholics are not supposed to do. People have said we must not go where liquor is served; we must not have it in our homes; we must shun friends who drink; we must avoid moving pictures which show drinking scenes; we must not go into bars; our friends must hide their bottles if we go to their houses; we mustn't think or be reminded about alcohol at all. Our experience shows that this is not necessarily so.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">We meet these conditions every day. An alcoholic who cannot meet them, still has an alcoholic mind; there is something the matter with his spiritual status. His only chance for sobriety would be some place like the Greenland Ice Cap, and even there an Eskimo might turn up with a bottle of scotch and ruin everything!"</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">"I'm a people pleaser. I need to learn to take care of myself"</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 61, paragraph 2:"Is he not really a self-seeker even when trying to be kind?"</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">"Don't drink, even if your ass falls off."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 34, paragraph 2: “Many of us felt we had plenty of character. There was a tremendous urge to cease forever. Yet we found it impossible. This is the baffling feature of alcoholism as we know it—this utter inability to leave it alone, no matter how great the necessity or the wish.”</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">"I haven't had a drink today, so I'm a complete success today."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 19, paragraph 1: "The elimination of drinking is but a beginning. A much more important demonstration of our principles lies before us in our respective homes, occupations and affairs.”</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">"It's my opinion that..." or "I don't know anything about the Big Book, but this is the way I do it..."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 19, paragraph 1: "We have concluded to publish an anonymous volume setting forth the problem as we see it. We shall bring to the task our combined experience and knowledge. This should suggest a useful program for anyone concerned with a drinking problem."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">"Don't drink, no matter what."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 34, paragraph 2: “Many of us felt we had plenty of character. There was a tremendous urge to cease forever. Yet we found it impossible. This is the baffling feature of alcoholism as we know it—this utter inability to leave it alone, no matter how great the necessity or the wish.”</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 31, paragraph 4: "We do not like to pronounce any individual as alcoholic, but you can quickly diagnose yourself. Step over to the nearest barroom and try some controlled drinking. Try to drink and stop abruptly. Try it more than once. It will not take long for you to decide, if you are honest with yourself about it. It may be worth a bad case of jitters if you get a full knowledge of your condition."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">"We need to give up planning, it doesn't work."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 86, paragraphs 3-4: "On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. Under these conditions we can employ our mental faculties with assurance, for after all God gave us brains to use. Our thought-life will be placed on a much higher plane when our thinking is cleared of wrong motives.</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">In thinking about our day we may face indecision. We may not be able to determine which course to take. Here we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don't struggle. We are often surprised how the right answers come after we have tried this for a while."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">"I have a choice to not drink today."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 30, paragraph 3: "We alcoholics are men and women who have lost the ability to control our drinking. We know that no real alcoholic ever recovers control. All of us felt at times that we were regaining control, but such intervals - usually brief - were inevitably followed by still less control, which led in time to pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization. We are convinced to a man that alcoholics of our type are in the grip of a progressive illness. Over any considerable period we get worse, never better."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">"If all I do is stay sober today, then it's been a good day."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 82, paragraph 3: " Sometimes we hear an alcoholic say that the only thing he needs to do is to keep sober. Certainly he must keep sober, for there will be no home if he doesn't. But he is yet a long way from making good to the wife or parents whom for years he has so shockingly treated."</div><div style="font-size: 10px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 10px;">Page 82 paragraph 4: "We feel a man is unthinking when he says sobriety is enough."</div><div style="font-size: 10p