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Excerpts
From AA Big Book- How It works
Reprinted with Permission of AA world Services,inc

Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path.........

That is a very hopeful statement folks....

From Big Book
Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and woman who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves.......

I love "How It Works". I can get sober if I get honest with myself.Am I willing to do that?.......

I am one of those who does not have a constitution that prevents me from being honest.That means there is great hope for me......

Rarely had they seen a person fail who thoroughly followed their path.......

If we decided we wanted what they had and were willing to go to any lengths to get it then we were ready to take certain steps..

I am honest, I know I am a hopeless alkie.I want what you all have. I am willing to go to any lengths...

Tell me what I have to do?......

I have to be ready to take certain steps......


I had to believe in my heart of hearts that I did not have a solution to my problem on my own. I had to really be honest about that......

I had to give up that idea that I could find an easier softer way to get sober........

I had to walk thru my fear. I had to let go of my old ideas of self control which was really just an illusion........

I could not forget how cunning, baffling and powerful this illness was in my life.......
By myself I was helpless, powerless and I needed help. I had to ask for help......

I had to get unstuck and get out of my comfort zone and ask for help if I was gonna start on the road to recovery.......

I had to believe that the only one who had power over this thing was something greater than myself. I was beyond human aid. Medicine, psychiatry, social workers, nothing worked.......

Maybe that higher power was the AA group as a whole at first, cuz they were more powerful than me.They had done something together that I could not do alone.....

So why don't I give this some real effort......
What do I have to lose?........

It certainly can't hurt to try this new way of living. If I don't like it I can always go back to the misery I was in......

I had to decide, what was I gonna do? Would I take the suggestions? Would I even give myself a chance?.......

It seemed to be working for an awful lot of people even if I didn't understand it. They were not forcing any particular understanding of a God on me......

It was just a suggested program of action......
I had a choice.......

I decided to give myself a chance and it has been the best decision I have made in my life.

I listened to others share the way it was for them what happened and what it was like now......
I got honest, admitted I couldn't do this alone.....

I became open minded and tried to let a new idea flow into my mind.....

I did find God......
And I became willing to try something different from what I was doing.......


Today I have benefited so much from this program and yes I rarely if ever think about drinking..........

The steps of this program are setting me free from the compulsion and doing a pretty good job on my crazy thinking too. The steps have given me the awareness I lacked in the past......

The awareness of the unhealthy thinking that always led me to a drink......

This program will work if you are willing to work it folks..... Am I pushing AA, Nahh I just want to share some hope. The choice is always yours.