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iv YORK CITY (7)
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vi Lone Endeavor...........................391
Appendix................................399
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vi Now We Are Ten Thousand (March 1944) .. 391
Appendix................................397
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vi Now We Are Thousands......... .. 391
Appendix................................397
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vii-1-1,2 Anonymous, are more than one hundred men
and
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vii-1-1,2 Anonymous, are more than ten thousand men
and
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vii-1-1,2 Anonymous, are many thousands of men and
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vii-2-1,2 remain anonymous because we are to few,
at present, to handle the
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vii-2-1,2 remain anonymous in order to more effectively
handle the
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vii-2-5,6 professional folk we could not well carry
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occupations
in such an event.
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vii-2-4,5 professional folk some of us could not carry
on our occupations if known.
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viii-2-2,3 Alcoholic Foundation, Church Street Annex
Post Box 658, New York City.)
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viii-2-2,3 Alcoholic Foundation, Church Street Annex
Post Box 658, New York City. (7).)
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viii-2-2,3 Alcoholic Foundation, Grand Central Annex
Post Box 459, New York City. (17).)
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1-4-1 About four years ago I attended
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1-4-1 About six years ago I attended
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1-4-1 In late 1934 I attended
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2-4-3,4 But as ex-alcoholics, we can
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2-4-3,4 But as ex-problem drinkers, we can
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7-5-2 by relating an experience of two years ago.
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7-5-2 by relating one of my experiences.
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7-6-18,19 left me. left me. More than three years
have now passed with
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7-6-18,19 left me. left me. A long time has passed
with
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9-1-2,3 drink for more than three years. I see
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9-1-2,3 drink for a great many years. I see
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25-1-13,14 there are eighty of us
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25-1-13,14 there are one thousand of us
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25-1-14,15 meet frequently at our different homes,
so that
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25-1-14,15 meet frequently so that
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25-1-17 see from 40 to 80 persons. We
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25-1-17 see from 40 to 200 persons. We
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25-1-17 see from 50 to 200 persons. We
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25-1-18 and power.
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25-1-18 and power.*
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25 no footnote
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25 footnote *A.A.'s can now be found in more than
270 locations (1944).
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25 footnote *A.A.'s can now be found in more than
385 locations (1945).
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25 footnote *A.A. is now composed of 3500 groups (1950).
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footnote *A.A. is now composed of 5000 groups (1954).
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27-1-2 ANONYMOUS, know one hundred men and
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27-1-2 ANONYMOUS, know thousands of men and
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28-4-1 But the ex-alcoholic who has
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28-4-1 But the ex-problem drinker who has
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29-4-10 lives, as ex-alcoholics, depend upon
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29-4-10 lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon
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35-3-2,3 spiritual experiences, which have
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35-3-2,3 spiritual experiences,* which have
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35 footnote *Fully explained-appendix II.
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37-6-13,14 your description."
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37-6-13,14 your description."*
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44-2-7 men of thirty-five or less
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44-2-7 men of thirty or less
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56-3-7 something like fifty of us
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56-3-7 something like half of us
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59-2-8 be built.
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59-2-8 be built.*
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Awakening."
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59 footnote *Please be sure to read Appendix II on
"Spiritual Awakening."
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62-4-1 Here are one hundred men and
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62-4-1 Here are hundreds of men and
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62-4-1 Here are thousands of men and
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62-4-16 them. When one hundred people, are
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62-4-16 them. When many hundreds of people, are
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72-12. a spiritual experience as the
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72-12. a spiritual awakening as the
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72-12.-1,2 result of these steps, we
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72-12.-1,2 result of those steps, we
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72-12.-3,4 our affairs.
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72 footnote *Re "spiritual awakening:"-
see appendix II.
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102-3-1 Usually it is
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111-1-11 avoided like leprosy. In many
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111-1-11 avoided like the plague. In many
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127-2-12,13,14,15,16 some confidence. About a year
ago a certain state institution released four chronic
alcoholics. It was fully expected they would all be
back in a few weeks. Only one of them has returned.
The others had no relapse at all. The power
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127-2-11,12,13,14,15,16 some confidence. For several
years we have been working with alcoholics committed
to institutions. During 1939 two state hospitals in
New Jersey released 17 alcoholics. Eleven have had
no relapse whatever--none of them have returned to
the asylum. The power
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164 footnote Alcoholic Foundation. We may be able
to carry on a limited correspondence.
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164 footnote Alcoholic Foundation. We invite your
correspondence.
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165-3-3,4 time." As ex-alcoholics, we smile
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165-3-3,4 time." As ex-problem drinkers, we smile
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168-1-1 Nearly four years ago
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176-1-4 drug addiction. Four years ago
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176-1-4 drug addiction. Six years ago
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176-2-7,8 you may see thirty or forty, there are
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176-2-7,8 you may now see scores of members. There
are
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178 footnote Alcoholic Foundation. It may be we shall
be able to carry on a limited correspondence.
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178 footnote Alcoholic Foundation. We invite correspondence.
Also see page 391--"Now We Are Ten Thousand."
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178 footnote Alcoholic Foundation. We invite correspondence.
Also see page 391--"Now We Are Fourteen Thousand."
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178 footnote Alcoholic Foundation. We invite correspondence.
Also see page 391--"Now We Are Thousands."
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399 Appendix
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397 Appendix I
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399-2-3,4,5 Alcoholic Foundation. Three Trustees are
members of Alcoholics Anonymous, the other four are
well-known
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397-2-3,4,5 Alcoholic Foundation. Four Trustees are
members of Alcoholics Anonymous, the other five are
well-known
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397-2-3,4,5 Alcoholic Foundation. Seven Trustees are
members of Alcoholics Anonymous, the other eight are
well-known
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397-3 The Alcoholic Foundation maintains an office
in New York City as national headquarters of Alcoholics
Anonymous.
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400-1-2,3 engagements touching on our alcoholic
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398-1-2,3 engagements touching nationally upon our
alcoholic
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400-2-1,2,3 Works Publishing Company, organized and
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since donated their entire interest in Works Publishing
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Foundation complete ownership and control of this
book.
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400-3 **To order this book, send your check or money
order for $3.50 to:
Book orders ONLY to
Works Publishing Co.
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Box 657
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The Alcoholic Foundation
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Box 658
New York City
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398-3 To order this book please send your check or
money order to:
WORKS PUBLISHING INC.
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Box 658
New York City (7)
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Appendix II
The terms "spiritual experience" and "spiritual
awakening" are used many times is this book which,
upon careful reading, shows that the personality change
sufficient to bring about recovery from alcoholism
has manifested itself among us in many different forms.
Yet it is true that our first printing gave many readers
the impression that these personality changes, or
religious experiences, must be in the nature of sudden
and spectacular upheavals. Happily for everyone, this
conclusion is erroneous.
In the first few chapters a number of sudden revolutionary
changes are described. Though it was not our intention
to create such an impression, many alcoholics have
nevertheless concluded that in order to recover they
must acquire an immediate and
overwhelming
"God-consciousness" followed at once by
a vast change in feeling and outlook.
Among our rapidly growing membership of thousands
of alcoholics such transformations, though frequent,
are by no means the rule. Most of our experiences
are what the psychologist William James calls the
"educational variety" because they develop
slowly over a period of time. Quite often friends
of the newcomer are aware of the difference long before
he is himself. He finally realizes that he has undergone
a profound alteration in his reaction to life; that
such a change could hardly have been brought about
by himself alone. What often takes place in a few
months could seldom have been accomplished by years
of self discipline. With few exceptions our members
find that they have tapped an unsuspected inner resource
which they presently identify with their own conception
of a Power greater than themselves.
Most of us think this awareness of a Power greater
than ourselves is the essence of spiritual experience.
Our more religious members call it "God-consciousness."
Most emphatically we wish to say that any alcoholic
capable of honestly facing his problems in the light
of our experience can recover, provided he does not
close his mind to all spiritual concepts. He can only
be defeated by an attitude of intolerance or belligerent
denial.
We find that no one need have difficulty with the
spirituality of the program. Willingness, honesty
and open mindedness are the essentials of recovery.
But these are indispensable.
"There
is a principle which is a bar against all information,
which is proof against all arguments and which cannot
fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance--that
principle is contempt prior to investigation."
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