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Alcoholics Anonymous : Big Book Review by B. C. LMFT (St. Joseph, MN)
As a family member affected by alcoholism, I have kept a copy of the Big Book around for the last 12 years. From time to time I pass my copy on to an alcoholic who wants to read it. If it doesn't come back, it has found a home and I get another one.
It took a couple of "hopeless" drunks to create a program so simple in spiritual directions, yet so rich in practice, to remind us all that, to be healthy, we need to attend to our spiritual selves to lead meaningful lives. That self centered willfulness leads only to destruction of self and others. And, for alcoholics, it can lead to physical death.
1930's style, timeless direction.
Alcoholics Anonymous : Big Book Review by Douglas W. McQuaid "Sober Doug M." (Seattle, WA USA)
I just received this fraudulent "First Edition" of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. The first thing I did was turn to the 12 Steps on page 37 of this book. I was horrified to find the 12th Step uses the language of the later editions "a spiritual awakening" rather than the phrase a "spiritual experience" that is the actual wording in the "First Edition." So, this is obviously not a true reproduciton of the First Edition. It is a bogus fraud in claiming to be the real "First Edition." Also the pages do not correspond to the "First Edition" or any later edition. So, if you wish to quote the pages from Alcoholics Anonymous at a meeting or to a newcomer you will considered out of your mind. It is very poorly laid out and subtitled and there are even subtitiles that don't even occur in any of the official Conference approved editions. It appears that somebody named Benei Noaj has stolen the copyrighted Big Book and is attempting to make money by selling a fraudulent copy he claims is the First Edition, but really isn't. He should be sued by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. which owns the copyright to this book. It is very strangely laid out and put together in what seems like a hurried fashion for money making purposes and falsely claims to be the "First Edition" of the Big Book. It is not. There are other exact reproductions of the First Edition which precisely duplicate the original which are worth purchasing if you really want a reproduction of the First Edition. This is a worthless phoney edition that is not worth the paper it is printed on. Don't Buy It! I would hope that Amazon.Com removes this book from their inventory. It is not what it claims and may be an outright violation of copyright law.
Alcoholics Anonymous : Big Book Review by Bill Your 'Free Form FM Handi Cyber Print DJ ... (Mahwah, NJ USA)
I was in AA for the reason most people attend. I drank way to much for about four years, and needed help stopping.
When I first started AA, I read the big book, a lot. It was of great comfort to me-- the personal accounts more so than the twelve steps or the princibles.
If you are in AA and it is working for you, stay there. My feeling is who cares WHY? or How? a person stops drinking, as long as they do. I would never judge anyone for going to AA, if it works for him or her.
I, however, had problems with AA and some of the ideas in this book. I am NOT knocking AA--but will say why it didn't work for me.
I was never abused, molsted, and I had good parrents, a lot of friends, and a nice creative life. Nothing REALLY bad every happened to me.
I also, however, I also have mild Cerebral Palsy, controls issues, and can be described as a nervous, obsessive little guy.
So for me, alcohol worked on two levels: it slowed my horserace mind, and, frankly, I liked the taste. Obsessive little magpye that I am, booze got into my obsessive process--I buy too many CDs, smoke a lot, and drink to much coffee.
The problem is that alcohol is far more dangerous to throw into that process. The impact on a self-indugent person is more immediate and far more searing than with more harmless indulgances.
The trouble I had with AA is that the assumption is that there is some horrible beast within, and if this beast is not tamed by AA, you are going to drink. This may be true for some--and please, I don't think I am better than anybody else, but my relationship with alcohol was driven by obsessiveness, not a compulsion to numb pain.
If a abuse victim or a person who has not developed coping skills uses alcohol to numb themselves, to relate to the world, then yes, I think AA is a great option. It is not a question of them being weak: AA can give you tools to deal with truma that you used to try to deal with by drinking
But for me, the thing to do was to dry out and get on with my life. I found the committment of having to call a sponser, go to meetings, and live an AA life was not what I went to AA for. What I wanted back was my music, my writting, my relationships--where I got lucky on that no one ever quit on me even in the darkest hour, and that was pretty black.
In short, I told my sponser at the end I wanted MY life back. I did not want to trade my booze for an AA life, I wanted to reclaim everything that alcohol stole from me and move forward, not be part of a daily collective and a "new" life.
SO: two years and counting without a drop and not using AA. Everyday,I take a minute. I think of my friends, I think of my late night review writing, and being safe in my own body, mind, and car.
I want this. It is called life, and I know I can either have all this, and a whole lot more, OR I can have my beer back. It is no contest. I'll take what I have now, good and ill
This is me, this is no one else. I can't say what the answer is for you, and if you have found it to be an AA life, bless you, bless you, bless you: if you are not drinking, the heavens have smiled on you and I am certianly glad they have and I really, really hope you get everything that makes you happy and a whole lot more--you deserve it.
But that is you. Not me. Please, no comments about how I am doomed to drink
AA is an answer--not THE answer.
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Alcoholics Anonymous : Big Book:: Description
It's more than a book. It's a way of life. Alcoholics Anonymous-the Big Book-has served as a lifeline to millions worldwide. Alcoholics Anonymous sets forth cornerstone concepts of recovery from alcoholism and tells the stories of men and women who have overcome the disease. This product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
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