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Chapter 5 HOW IT WORKS R arely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of be ing honest with themselves. There are such unfortu nates.
Subject each relation to this test - is it selfish or not? Ask God to mold your ideas and help you to live up to them. Remember always that your sex powers are God-given, and therefore good, neither to be used lightly or selfishly nor to be despised and loathed.
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We asked His protection and care with complete abandon. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol— that our lives had become unmanageable. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
We asked His protection and care with complete abandon. Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of recovery: 1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol— that our lives had become unmanageable. 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 3.
Chapter 5 “HOW IT WORKS” from AA Big Book “Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves.
How It Works, the opening section of this chapter, explicitly names for the first time the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, the program of recovery. (These Steps represent an expansion of the original Six Steps used by the Founders in the Pioneering Days before publication of the Big Book.)
