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Butterfly Woman · 03-07-2010, 02:21 AM

Alcoholic Anonymous Number Three

Pioneer member of Akron's Group No. 1, the first A.A. group in the world. He kept the faith; therefore, he and countless others found a new life.

My case is rather unusual in one respect. There were no childhood episodes of unhappiness to account for my alcoholism. I had, seemingly, just a natural affinity for grog. My marriage was happy and, as I have said, I never had any of the reasons, conscious or unconscious, which are often given for drinking. Yet, as my record shows, I did become an extremely serious case.

p. 182

Butterfly Woman · 03-08-2010, 02:41 AM

The greatest enemies of us alcoholics are resentment, jealousy, envy, frustration, and fear. - Pg. 145 - To Employers

***Rusty Zipper*** · 03-08-2010, 07:17 AM

and thats some crowd!

Butterfly Woman · 03-09-2010, 02:24 AM

AA 'Big Book' - Quote

Now about health: A body badly burned by alcohol does not often recover overnight nor do twisted thinking and depression vanish in a twinkling. - Pg. 133 - The Family Afterward

***Rusty Zipper*** · 03-09-2010, 07:42 AM

and we owe it to ourselves and others in recovery to take care of not only our minds and souls,

we have to take care of our body's

Butterfly Woman · 03-10-2010, 10:22 AM

AA 'Big Book' - Quote

How dark it is before the dawn! In reality that was the beginning of my last debauch. I was soon to be catapulted into what I like to call the fourth dimension of existence. I was to know happiness, peace, and usefulness, in a way of life that is incredibly more wonderful as time passes. - Pg. 8 - Bill's Story

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Butterfly Woman · 03-11-2010, 02:14 AM

AA 'Big Book' - Quote

If, when you honestly want to, you find you cannot quit entirely, or if when drinking, you have little control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic. If that be the case, you may be suffering from an illness which only a spiritual experience will conquer. - Pg. 44 - We Agnostics

Note: It doesn't say 'may' or 'could' conquer.

***Rusty Zipper*** · 03-11-2010, 06:27 AM

read note, (wink)

NorwalkPhil · 03-11-2010, 09:12 AM

(03-11-2010 02:14 AM)Butterfly Woman Wrote: Note: It doesn't say 'may' or 'could' conquer.

Sounds like a promise to me!

kasia9752 · 03-12-2010, 02:03 AM

"Do not let any prejudice you may have against spiritual terms deter
you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you. At the start,
this was all we needed to commence spiritual growth, to effect our
first conscious relation with God as we understood Him. Afterward, we
found ourselves accepting many things which then seemed entirely out of
reach. That was growth, but if we wished to grow we had to begin
somewhere. So we used our own conception, however limited it was."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 47~