Big Book Quote - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

**CarolD** · 01-06-2009, 09:08 AM

*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*

"If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation
of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to
alcohol."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 Edition
More About Alcoholism, pg. 33

**Astro** · 01-06-2009, 10:57 AM

Hmmm, I've mulled over that lurking notion for a few years. Maybe it's the daily AA meeting that reminds me of the similarities rather than the differences. They tell me that I can't drink safely again.

Sheryl85 · 01-06-2009, 11:58 AM

I was taught that reservations were excuses to fail.

01-06-2009, 09:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
CarolD Forum Leader Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Serene In Dixie Posts: 34,835	Big Book Quote ~~~~^ Big Book Quote ^~~~~ "If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 1 Edition More About Alcoholism, pg. 33 __________________ Each Day Sober Is A Victory!! Joy In AA Recovery!

01-06-2009, 10:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
Astro Forum Leader Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Scottsdale, AZ, one big happy dysfunctional family! Posts: 11,833	Hmmm, I've mulled over that lurking notion for a few years. Maybe it's the daily AA meeting that reminds me of the similarities rather than the differences. They tell me that I can't drink safely again. __________________ "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty, and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming---WOW-What a ride!"

01-06-2009, 11:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
Sheryl85 '55 Classic Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Waco, TX Posts: 630	I was taught that reservations were excuses to fail. __________________ "Temper is a quality that at a critical moment brings out the best in steel and worst in people." - William Grohse NOTE: All Big Book quotes are from the First Edition of the Big Book

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