- Big Book Glossary In
an attempt to discover the meanings of the words used in our
basic text book Alcoholics Anonymous when it was written,
we have used many sources for this glossary. Our primary source
was Webster's Daily Use Dictionary, published in 1934.
For the historical references we used the World Book Encyclopedia
and Encarta Encyclopedia. Because our language has changed
much since our "Big Book" was written, and because
the book's purpose is to explain "precisely how we have
recovered", we believe it is important to understand what
the words meant when they were written, not how they have been
filtered by our society today. This glossary is not complete
by any means, but is meant to be helpful. Please click here for glossary
- 4th Step Worksheets When
the "Big Book" was written in 1939, America was a reading
society. Almost all of their daily news came from reading. Nearly
all Americans read for entertainment, and letter writing and
reading were much more prevalent in our society.
That is not the case in the Twenty First Century. Our society is not the reading society that it once was and therefore we, of the Twenty First Century, find it difficult to understand the written instructions for the 4th Step contained in our basic text book.These worksheets are designed as templates only, to offer a visual example of the process. Please click here for templates
- 4th Step
Glossary A glossary of words used in Steps 4
and 5.
- Step Study
and Action Class Schedule Format
- Prayers Prayer
and meditation are a vital part of the recovery process. Please click here for more...
We open each and every one of the study sessions, tapes and CD's with the following prayer. As with the first one hundred, we do these prayers on our knees.
Set Aside Prayer God, please let me set aside every thing I think I know about sobriety, life and You so that I may be open to a new experience.
Amen