Alcoholics anonymous big book audio read aloud youtube. And to pull this off we are going to need to continue to study the books, work the steps, guard the traditions and pray. The following links download chapters of the big book from, the. For most normal folks, drinking using means conviviality, companionship and colorful imagination. On this fine holiday morning i offer the 11th step prayer, a special. A vision for you troy m 2014 central office of salt. Aa speaker turn our will and our lives over to the care of god new 20 duration. Sponsor and sponsorship also do not appear in the main text of the book. A little ditty on the big book, alcoholics anonymous a. This was the version of the big book distributed to friends and colleagues of aas founders before the first edition was printed. Chapter 11 a vision for you f or mostnormal folks, drinking means conviviality, companionship and colorful imagination. We have been trying to get a new attitude, a new relationship with our creator, and to discover the obstacles in our path. Aa big book workshop, taking the 12 steps as done in the 1940s. Chapter 11, the big book of alcoholics anonymous study guide.
There you will find release from care, boredom and worry. Chapter 11, a vision for you is a summary of the big book, the program of alcoholics anonymous, and the growth of the fellowship at that time1939. Chapter 1 bills story w ar feverran high in the new england town to which we new, young of. In our last reading we closed the chapter on to employers. Yes, there is a substitute and it is vastly more than that. Chapter 11 in the big book, a vision for you, provides a summary of. Study guide that explores solutions for alcoholics and drug addicts. The big book of alcoholics anonymous the world famous eye. Study guide that explores solutions for alcoholics and drug addicts c. For most normal folks, drinking means conviviality, companionship and colorful imagination. The big book study movement is outside of the structure of alcoholics anonymous in ireland.
Though our decision was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a stren uous effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in our selves which had been blocking us. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. The main author of the big book, bill w, had a certain style of writing that shows up over and over again. It is joyous intimacy with friends and a feeling that life is good. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. A vision for youcourtesy of the alcoholics anonymous book sontx. Because this book has become the basic text for our society and has helped such large numbers of alcoholic men and women to recovery, there exists strong. The big book of alcoholics anonymous and 12 step programs across the world have helped millions of people recover from addictions. Chapter 11 of the alcoholics anonymous big book wraps up the main text with a final vision of hope for the future. But not so with us in those last days of heavy drinking.