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The process of taking someone through the 12 steps

... the third editions. The section called the doctor’s opinion has been kept intact, just as it was originally written 1939 by the late Dr. William d. silk worth, our society’s great medical benefactor. Forward to the first edition Look precisely and point out the word recovered We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book. And besides, we are sure that our way of living has its advantages for all. Foreword to second edition page xv Point out the word recovered In that brief space, Alcoholics Anonymous has mushroomed into 6,000 groups whose membership is far above 150,000 recovered Alcoholics. Forward page xvii Look up the word permanent It also indicates that strenuous work, one alcoholic with another, was vital to permanent recovery. Forward page xxi Upon therapy for the alcoholic himself we surely have no monopoly. Yet it is our great hope that all those who have as yet found no answer may begin to find one in the pages of this book and will presently join us on the high road to a new freedom. This is the way that the program of alcoholic anonymous was given to me. –not the only way but the way that was given to me. We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, know thousands of men and women who were once just as hopeless as Bill. Nearly all have recovered. They have solved the drink problem. The feeling of ...

... having shared in a common peril is one element in the powerful cement which binds us. But that in itself would never have held us together as we are now joined. The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action. This is the great news this book carries to those who suffer from alcoholism. What is the common solution? The 12 steps This book was written for the still suffering alcoholic But the ex-problem drinker who has found this solution, who is properly armed with the facts about himself, can generally win the entire confidence of another alcoholic in a few hours. Until such an understanding is reached, little or nothing can be accomplished. That the man who is making the approach has had the same difficulty, that he obviously knows what he is talking about, that his whole deportment shouts at the new prospect that he is a man with a real answer, that he has no attitude of holier than thou, nothing whatever except the sincere desire to be helpful; that there are no fees to pay, no axes to grind, no people to please, no lecture to be endured-these are the conditions we have found most effective. Do you they feel that same way about you... Page 19 We feel that elimination of our drinking is but a beginning. Many could recover if they had the opportunity we have enjoyed. How then shall we present that which has been so freely given ...