In trying to make these arrangements our actor may sometimes be quite virtuous. Is he not really a selfseeker even when trying to be kind. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, selfdelusion, selfseeking, and selfpity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate. New stories have been added to the personal histories.
Sorting and rendering passages in the proprietary format of the 164 and more concordance does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either alcoholics anonymous. Being convinced, we were at step three, which is that we decided to turn our will and our life over to god as we understood him. The big book of alcoholics anonymous the world famous eye. In trying to make these arrange ments our actor may sometimes be quite virtuous. Whatever our protestations, are not most of us concerned with ourselves, our resentments, or our selfpity. The following are excerpts from page 61 of the big book of alcoholics anonymous. Our next problem will be to discover the person in whom. How it works his arrangements would only stay put, if only people would do as he wished, the show would be great. Waabshkimiigwan phase 2 workbook little traverse bay bands.
Made the list for me to keep track of it all but i think it will be interesting to see how many people read the same kind of books i do or have. Just what do we mean by that, and just what do we do. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. Actor in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and 12. Home read the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions alcoholics anonymous alcoholics anonymous this is the fourth edition of the big book, the basic text for alcoholics anonymous. Though none of these principles had the force of rules or laws, they had become so widely accepted by 1950 that they. And it means, of course, that we are going to talk about god. Sometimes they hurt us, seemingly without provocation, but we invariably find that. Here we ought to take much care, remem bering that prudence.
Just a really long list of the books currently on my goodreads account, saved on scribd, stored on the nook or hanging out on the shelves in my library. Alcoholics anonymous, chapter 5 how it works pages 5864 duration. You can search the alcoholics anonymous big book for phrases, key words, etc. 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. Taken from alcoholics anonymous big book pages 6063. He becomes, on the next occasion, still more demanding or gracious, as the case may be. No one among us has been able to maintain anything like perfect adherence to. Sometimes they hurt us, seemingly without provocation, but we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions.
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