In this course we will be reading through the first 164 pages of the 4th edition book Alcoholics Anonymous. It is recommended that you follow along in the book Alcoholics Anonymous with a copy you have purchased or you will find an online copy on the AA.org website (link here).  While reading, we will be including notes and providing definitions only. We will not be explaining methods or opinions outside of this book. This is an unfiltered study of the big book.

Who is this course for?

This course is strictly “big book”! It aims to educate those who have never read through the book of Alcoholics Anonymous. For many people, getting yourself to read through the Alcoholics Anonymous basic text is nearly impossible. Not that you’re not capable, but rather… it just wont ever happen. Here we will be providing an audio/visual guide with little bits of explanation to help you get through your first read.

STEP WORK

Alcoholics Anonymous Step One:

1. Page 59 (How it works): Do you admit that you are powerless over Alcohol and that your life has become unmanageable?
2. Page 30 (More About Alcoholism) Do you fully concede to your innermost self that your are alcoholic? (See pp.44 paragraph 1 for definition)
3. Page 33 (More About Alcoholism) Do you hold any reservations or lurking notions of any kind that someday you will be immune to alcohol?