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

**CarolD** · 05-29-2009, 08:14 AM

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

"We are like men who have lost their legs; they never grow new ones.
Neither does there appear to be any kind of treatment which will
make alcoholics of our kind like other men. We have tried every
imaginable remedy. In some instances there has been brief recovery,
followed always by a still worse relapse. Physicians who are
familiar with alcoholism agree there is no such thing as making a
normal drinker out of an alcoholic. Science may one day accomplish
this, but it hasn't done so yet."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 1st. Edition,
More About Alcoholism, pg. 30~

IO Storm · 05-29-2009, 02:25 PM

Another favorite, Carol.

And..if science does..(if they haven't done so) manufactured an instant relief pill,

I wouldn't want it anyway. Nothing would replace the new life and new way of

living I have found through my program of Alcoholics Anonymous.

(It wouldn't work for me..I know it! I would cheat ..)

05-29-2009, 08:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
CarolD Forum Leader Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Serene In Dixie Posts: 34,835	Big Book Quote ~~~~^ Big Book Quote ^~~~~ "We are like men who have lost their legs; they never grow new ones. Neither does there appear to be any kind of treatment which will make alcoholics of our kind like other men. We have tried every imaginable remedy. In some instances there has been brief recovery, followed always by a still worse relapse. Physicians who are familiar with alcoholism agree there is no such thing as making a normal drinker out of an alcoholic. Science may one day accomplish this, but it hasn't done so yet." ~Alcoholics Anonymous, 1st. Edition, More About Alcoholism, pg. 30~ __________________ Each Day Sober Is A Victory!! Joy In AA Recovery!

05-29-2009, 02:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
IO Storm IO Storm Wheel Of Fortune Champion! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 18,175 Blog Entries: 2	Another favorite, Carol. And..if science does..(if they haven't done so) manufactured an instant relief pill, I wouldn't want it anyway. Nothing would replace the new life and new way of living I have found through my program of Alcoholics Anonymous. (It wouldn't work for me..I know it! I would cheat ..) __________________ "God holds me still in the eye of the Storm"

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