Mar 10, 2015 monty, marv and bruce talk about the wonderful promises in the first step in the big book of alcoholics anonymous. Yes, there is a substitute and it is vastly more than that. The 10th step promises alcoholics anonymous nia district 12. Most recovered alcoholics report experiencing these upon completing the ninth step. Alcoholics anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience. The big book promises getting out from going under. Big book alcoholics anonymous pleasant hill aa group. It also tells us what we can expect to happen to us if we do the work they suggest as a program of recovery. Why dont you go home and get the big book and open it at. What it promises when a person begins their 12step journey in alcoholics anonymous, it is with the hope that their life will change for the better as a direct result. There are, however, additional promises in the big book. The aa program as its outlined in the big book, has been around since 1939 and has saved the lives of more than 3,000,000 people worldwide and made the lives of countless. What the big book actually promises is that working the twelve steps will remove the blocks that keep us. Sometimes called the aa 9th step promises, the affirmations are technically part of step 9, which deals with making amends.
We are not fighting it, neither are we avoiding temptation. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We feel as though we had been placed in a position. We pocket our pride and go to it, illuminating every twist of character, every dark cranny of the past. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Promise in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and 12. The aa promises are found on pages 8384 of chapter 6, into action in alcoholics anonymous, also known as the big book written by bill wilson and dr. Aa promises the aa big book 12step promises of recovery. Once we have taken this step, withholding nothing, 2. The 4th edition 2001 is also freely available online. Father joseph martin, big book anniversary, at laguna beach california, 3rd september 1989 limportanza del gruppo casa italian a brief history of alcoholics anonymous in toledo, ohio by roger c.
To read a pdf version of the fourth edition of alcoholics anonymous click here. Chris raymer, aa big book, ca speaker, talk about carrying the message to the addict that still suffers hear renowned addiction speaker, mark houston from texas, a recovered alcoholicaddict, speak on 12 step spirituality living in the spirit. Many of us have heard of the ninth step promises from page 8384 of the big book of alcoholics anonymous. Aa big book 4th edition alcoholics anonymous edinburgh. We are almost required to keep large portions of our lives hidden.
The promises written into the big book of alcoholics anonymous itself, describe precisely what you can expect by applying the principles learned for the 12 step process. Aa city promises big book study in the city at st james garlickhythe. The twelve promises from the aa big book we are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. For those with the aa big bookthe official alcoholic anonymous guide the promises can be found in chapter 6. Apr 18, 2017 alcoholics anonymous is a 12step program that, if worked thoroughly and honestly, will be a significant asset toward your recovery. Aa promises alcoholics anonymous lionrock recovery. We will not regret the past nor continue reading promises. Some of the promises are directly associated with completion of a step. The promises from pages 8384 of the big book of alcoholics anonymous if we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are halfway through. Contacts reach out to us central offices, areas, districts and answering services.
We will be more reconciled to discussing ourselves with another person when we see good reasons why we should do so. If we are painstaking about this phase of our development we will be amazed before we are halfway through. The 164 and more book, ebook, and web site are all concordances which display passages from the big book alcoholics anonymous, the twelve steps and twelve. Learning what it means to fully surrender character defects frees you to make amends with steps 8 and 9, realize the big book s promises, and move on to step 10. The following is a list of approximately 150 promises that i compiled from the first edition of the big book.
Step 10 promises and we have ceased fighting anything or anyoneeven alcohol. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. Add to cart details alcoholics anonymous big book, soft cover. There exists among us a fellowship, a friendliness, and an understanding which is indescribably wonderful. There you will find release from care, boredom and worry. Following step 10 in the big book, there is another set of promises, which are read less often at meetings. Meetings can be found on page 8384, of the big book, alcoholics anonymous.
We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. The 12 promises of aa are presented as part of working step 9, which involves making amends. The promises alcoholics anonymous of colorado springs. New york city, a feminine victory 1st edition big book. Map the route to a contact with an address using the devices gps.
The big book of alcoholics anonymous includes 12 promises of sobriety that we begin to believe and intuitively understand more clearly if. The 147 promises of the big book of alcoholics anonymous. The big book says on page 77, our real purpose is to fit ourselves to be of maximum service to god and the people about us. Promises if we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. Promises stuff along the way to faith, hope, and love. Nov 18, 2008 for those newcomers that are a little nervous to do a 5th step, here is some hope for you and these promises come waaaay before the promises that are often read in many meetings or as the big book says. The story of how more than one hundred men have recovered from.
They are being fulfilled among ussometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. Many perceived that we were radically changing the book by adding our opinions and conceptions to it. The big book even states, there is a sentiment against any radical changes being made to this book. The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. The alcoholic will receive the promises when after completing the 12 steps and putting his or her program into action with others. Have you ever hidden alcohol near or under the bed. The promises 9th and 10th steps overeaters anonymous.
The promises of aas big book hazelden betty ford foundation. Alcoholics anonymous, aa, the big book, the grapevine, aa grapevine, and gv are registered. If you go to enough meetings, youll hear it said that in aa, there are no musts, only suggestions. The 12 promises the ninth step promises the big book describes the results of taking the steps in a passage on pages 83 and 84, which has come to be referred to as the twelve promises. May 30, 2008 many of us have heard of the ninth step promises from page 8384 of the big book of alcoholics anonymous. At some point in our sobriety, we begin to believe in the promises of sobriety laid out in the big book of alcoholics anonymous. The following is a list ofapproximately 150 promises that i compiled from the first edition of the big book. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of god as we understood him. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. We will be able to risk failure to develop new, hidden talents.
Marty mann 19041980 wrote the chapter women suffer too in the second through fourth editions of the big book. I used to promise my wife, my friends, and my children that i would drink no more promises which seldom kept me sober even through the day, though i was very sincere when i made them. The big book, which is our instruction manual, gives us the steps to take to recover from our disease. If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. All references to the topics will be found in the first 164 pages of the book, alcoholics anonymous. Promises on experience, strength and hope promises from the steps and more. The hidden promises and we have ceased fighting anything o. We react sanely and normally, and we will find that this has happened automatically. Jan 24, 1971 before then, i had written lots of sweet promises, but my wife happily observed that this time i meant business. Promises in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and 12. The book is published by alcoholics anonymous world services and is available through aa offices and meetings, as well as through booksellers. The big book promises all of them, so far friends of bill w. Watch asl dvd version includes subtitles and audio in english.
The big book s suggestions on prayer promises extensive gathering of promises throughout the big book. The 164 and more book, ebook, and web site are all concordances which display passages from the big book alcoholics anonymous, the twelve steps and twelve traditions, and the a. Big book of alcoholics anonymous, pleasant hill aa group, chapter 1 bills story, there is a solution, dr bobs nightmare, physican, heal thyself. Walsh looks at the seven great world religionsjudaism, christianity, islam, hinduism. The ninth step promises can be found through pages 8384 in the big book of alcoholics anonymous. Sep 23, 2010 after being hidden for 70 years, the edits of the alcoholics anonymous big book, entitled the book that started it all, reveal a previously unknown discussion about how overtly to reference god. Second, i recently read a book by roger walsh entitled essential spirituality. In their minds, when reading these promises, many oa members substitute the words alcohol liquor and alcoholic with the words food and compulsive eater, but in respect for the wishes of alcoholics anonymous, we repost these words verbatim from the big book. But i, perhaps foolishly, offer the promises of aa here for two reasons. Someone had pushed a drink my way, and i had taken it. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol that our lives had become unmanageable.
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