barb dwyer

The group I got sober in - they gave you a book the first meeting.

Eliot -

The Big Book of ALcoholics Anonymous *is* fairly mysterious.

You will meet people who've memorized EVERY.SINGLE.PARAGRAPH.
There will be others who know pretty much where helpful information is.
There are yet others who relate to the personal stories in the back.

Thing is -

For many Alcoholics -
it's the first time in their lives -
that someone UNDERSTOOD.
To see in print-
some of the deepest darkest truths
we ran and drank so hard to hide about ourselves....
to find others who not only havwe the same problem
but who KNOW exactly what we're talking about ...

for some people it is a life changing thing.

You WILL find yourself in those first pages. I guarantee it.

For me -
hearing 'How It Works' will calm me within moments
no matter WHAT the trauma is at the time.

My body is programmed now
to calm down and think
when I'm in a meeting.
And think -about others.
Putting myself in the center of the universe
but as an instrument of the Highest Good.

It *is* what you make of it.

My first bb finally has bitten the big one...
the one given me at my very first meeting.
It now has a box of its own.
And rests beside the bed.
In early recovery -
it was with me at all times
There's notes and memories in that book
I can never replace
and never repeat.

I'm now on my second copy.
That in itself seems a signifigant statement.

Sort of a cosmic Teddy Bear.

If I had the $$$ I'd wire it to you
and buy you a copy myself.