Since the first edition appeared, in 1939, it has helped millions of men and women recover from alcoholism. Alcoholics anonymous is a 12step program that, if worked thoroughly and honestly, will be a significant asset toward your recovery. Into action 75 that he will not try to change our plan. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. They are being fulfilled among us sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. The following is a list ofapproximately 150 promises that i compiled from the first edition of the big book. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness, we will not regret the past, nor wish to shut the door on it.
Chapter 6 into action of the big book contains the 9th step promises which describes the 12 step program of alcoholics anonymous. A vision for you, big book page 164 our book is meant to be suggestive only. The promises on this page are from the big book of alcoholics anonymous and are reprinted with permission of alcoholics anonymous world services, inc. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We react sanely and normally, and we will find that this has happened. See our study editionfor a far more comprehensive index in book form. No matter how far down the scale you have gone, you will see how your experience can benefit others 5. That feeling of uselessness and selfpity will disappear. It is the basic text of the fellowship of alcoholics anonymous, and has helped large numbers of alcoholic men and women, young and old, recover as of december 2009, 30,664,881 copies of the big book have been sold or otherwise distributed source aa gso ny. Online 12step group for compulsive overeaters the promises of our program from the big book of alcoholics anonymous. Promise in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and 12. The whole point of recovery, is to not only regain the self that was lost to addiction, but to redefine yourself and the kind of life you are leading. The story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism generally known as the big book because of the thickness of the paper used in the first edition is a 1939 basic text, describing how to recover from alcoholism, primarily written by william g.
Promises in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and 12. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to. The following are some one hundred and twenty five promises from the first 164 pages of the big book, alcoholics anonymous, reprinted with permission. The big book is alcoholics anonymouss primary text. You will comprehend the word serenity and know peace 4. The author is a founder of alcoholics anonymous aa, bill w. The 12 promises and the 12 rewards the twelve promises page 83 and 84 of the big book we are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. You will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it 3. The book is published by alcoholics anonymous world services and is available through aa offices and meetings, as well as through booksellers. We have a written inventory and we are pre pared for a long talk. The original alcoholics anonymous big book manuscript promises. From the big book of alcoholics anonymous if we are painstaking about working our program, these are the amazing promises that will come true for us. The promises of alcoholics anonymous page 83 of the big book.
Twelvestep guide to using the alcoholics anonymous big. The promises from pages 8384 in the big book if we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are halfway through. Meetings can be found on page 8384, of the big book, alcoholics anonymous. The 9th step promises of alcoholics anonymous wayside house. Many of us have heard of the ninth step promises from page 8384 of the big book of alcoholics anonymous. Step 10 promises and we have ceased fighting anything or anyoneeven alcohol.
The promises of aas big book hazelden betty ford foundation. Some of the promises are directly associated with completion of a step. Ask him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism, is a collection of texts used by members of the alcoholics anonymous fellowship. The nineth step promises big book alcoholics anonymous.
The 12 promises and the 12 rewards realistic recovery. The purpose of this promises inventory is much like the growth questionnaire that is to help determine how much change andor growth you have experienced since coming into the program. Our online big book is used by thousands of people all over the world, and incurs substantial bandwidth expense. The story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism also known as the big book describes how to recover from alcoholism. 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. The 4th edition 2001 is also freely available online. Marty mann 19041980 wrote the chapter women suffer too in the second through fourth editions of the big book. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol that our lives had become unmanageable. There are, however, additional promises in the big book. Twelvestep guide to using the alcoholics anonymous big book. The 147 promises of the big book of alcoholics anonymous. The 10th step promises alcoholics anonymous district 12. He also have amazing aa history speakers, aa workshops, inspirational 12step studies, big book study tapes and more. 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.
The power of the promises in the big book of alcoholics. The 12 promises of aa are presented as part of working step 9, which involves making amends. When we decide who is to hear our story, we waste no time. The promises from pages 8384 of the big book of alcoholics anonymous if we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are halfway through. This is a fairly comprehensive index to the big book, the basic text of the fellowship of alcoholics anonymous. Big book, as it is commonly called, is the first text written about the experiences of the founders of the a. This is a musthave guide to the alcoholics anonymous big book. We expect that this contribution to the recovering community worldwide will continue to grow, as our online big book is a great study tool.
We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. The aa promises are found on pages 8384 of chapter 6, into action in alcoholics anonymous, also known as the big book written by bill wilson and dr. 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. The big book of alcoholics anonymous, also referred to as alcoholics anonymous. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Arranged into sections alphabetically, includes both keyword and subject references. It is the basic text of the fellowship of alcoholics anonymous, and has helped large numbers of alcoholic men and women, young and old, recover. Aa promises alcoholics anonymous lionrock recovery. Pastor michael spirit of peace missional community. Before then, i had written lots of sweet promises, but my wife. May 20, 2019 the original alcoholics anonymous big book manuscript promises.
It was one of the first to suggest that alcoholism was an illness, not a character defect. Wilson, one of the founders of alcoholics anonymous aa. The promises of alcoholics anonymous extract from page 83 of alcoholics anonymous chapter 6 if we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. Copyright alcoholics anonymous world services, inc. This has proved to be an invaluable tool in working through the steps with my sponsor. This book provides valuable exercises reading and writing, worksheets, and prayers that compliment the twelve steps as detailed in the big book.
Promises if we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. The ninth step promises can be found through pages 8384 in the big book of alcoholics anonymous. Alcoholics anonymous is the life changing program formed by two desperate alcoholics in 1935. The story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism, is a collection of texts used by members of the alcoholics anonymous fellowship the book has undergone four revisions since william wilson, also known as bill w. If you have a drinking problem, we hope that you may pause in reading. Those of us belonging to a religious denomination which requires confession must, and of course, will want to go to the properly appointed au.
Big book index alcoholics anonymous books, software. We explain to our partner what we are about to do and why we have to do it. We feature speakers from alcoholics anonymous, narcotics anonymous, overeaters anonymous, alanon family groups. This is the fourth edition of the big book, the basic text for alcoholics anonymous. The promises chapter 6, page 8384 of the book, alcoholics anonymous if we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through.
When a person begins their 12step journey in alcoholics anonymous, it is with the hope that their life will change for the better as a direct result. The big book of alcoholics anonymous verywell mind. Aa promises the aa big book 12step promises of recovery. If you go to enough meetings, youll hear it said that in aa, there are no musts, only suggestions. Consequently, it follows that some would regard the big book with a measure of reverence. The big book of alcoholics anonymous includes 12 promises of sobriety that we begin to believe and intuitively understand more clearly if following the program.
It originated the twelvestep program now used widely among addictions outside alcohol. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of god as we understood him. Apr 18, 2017 alcoholics anonymous is a 12step program that, if worked thoroughly and honestly, will be a significant asset toward your recovery. But we must not use this as a mere excuse to postpone. In the big book, as the text alcoholics anonymous is known, we read the written words of the first 100 men and women of aa as they were put in the way of a spiritual awakening. In their minds, when reading these promises, many oa members substitute the words alcohol liquor and alcoholic with the words food and compulsive eater, but in respect for the wishes of alcoholics anonymous, we repost these words verbatim from the big book.