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The Big Book (Alcoholics Anonymous)

Preface

Forward To The First Edition

Forward To The Second Edition

Forward To The Third Edition

Forward To The Fourth Edition

The Doctor's Opinion

1. Bill's Story

2. There Is A Solution

3. More About Alcoholism

4. We Agnostics

5. How It Works

6. Into Action

7. Working With Others

8. To Wives

9. The Family Afterward

10. To Employers

11. A Vision For you

Part 1

The Pioneers of AA

Dr. Bob and the twelve men and women who here tell their stories were among the early members of A.A.’s first groups.

Though three have passed away of natural causes, all have maintained complete sobriety for periods ranging from fifteen to nineteen years as of this date, 1955.

Today, hundreds of additional A.A. members can be found who have had no relapse for at least fifteen years.

All of these, then, are the pioneers of A.A. They bear witness that release from alcoholism can really be permanent.

Dr Bob's Nightmare

Alcoholics Anonymous Number Three

Gratitude In Action

Women Suffer Too

Our Southern Friend

The Vicious Cycle

Jim's Story

The Man Who Mastered Fear

He Sold Himself Short

The Keys To The Kingdom

Part II

They Stopped In Time

We think that about one-half of today’s incoming A.A. members were never advanced cases of alcoholism; though, given time, all might have been.

Most of these fortunate ones have had little or no acquaintance with delirium, with hospitals, asylums, and jails. Some were drinking heavily and there had been occasional serious episodes. But with many, drinking had been little more than a sometimes uncontrollable nuisance. Seldom had any of these lost either health, business, family, or friends.

Why do men and women like these join A.A.?

The twelve who now tell their experiences answer that question. They saw that they had become actual or potential alcoholics, even though no serious harm had yet been done.

They realized that repeated lack of drinking control, when they really wanted control, was the fatal symptom that spelled problem drinking. This, plus mounting emotional disturbances, convinced them that compulsive alcoholism already had them; that complete ruin would be only a question of time.

Seeing this danger, they came to A.A. They realized that in the end alcoholism could be as mortal as cancer; certainly no sane man would wait for a malignant growth to become fatal before seeking help.

Therefore, these twelve A.A.’s, and thousands like them, have been saved years of infinite suffering. They sum it up like this: “We didn’t wait to hit bottom because, thank God, we could see the bottom. Actually, the bottom came up and hit us. That sold us on Alcoholics Anonymous.”

The Missing Link

Fear of Fear

The Housewife Who Drank At Home

Physician Heal Thyself

My Chance To Live

Student of Life

Crossing The River Of Denial

Because I'm An Alcoholic

It Might Have Been Worse

Tightrope

Flooded With Feelings

Winner Takes All

Me An Alcoholic?

The Perpetual Quest

A Drunk Like You

Acceptance Was The Answer

Window Of Opportunity

Part III

They Lost Nearly All

The fifteen stories in this group tell of alcoholism at its miserable worst. Many tried everything – hospitals, special treatments, sanitariums, asylums, and jails. Nothing worked. Loneliness, great physical and mental agony – these were the common lot. Most had taken shattering losses on nearly every front of life. Some went on trying to live with alcohol. Others wanted to die. Alcoholism had respected nobody, neither rich nor poor, learned nor unlettered. All found themselves headed for the same destruction, and it seemed they could do nothing whatever to stop it.

Now sober for years, they tell us how they got well. They prove to almost anyone’s satisfaction that it’s never too late to try Alcoholics Anonymous.


My bottles, My Resentments And Me

He Lived To Drink

Safe Haven

Listening To The Wind

Twice Gifted

Building A New Life

On The Move

A Vision For You

Gutter Bravado

Empty On The Inside

Grounded

Another Chance

A New Start

Freedom From Bondage

AA Taught Him To Handle Sobriety

The Appendices

The AA Traditions

II Spiritual Experience 

III The Medical View on A.A. 

IV The Lasker Award 

V The Religious View on A.A. 

VI How to Get in Touch With A.A. 

VII Twelve Concepts (Short Form)



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