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¡°We are not cured of Alcoholism, but there is a solution.¡±

•  The Big Book

 

¡°Alcoholics Anonymous is an international fellowship of men and women who have had a drinking problem. It is nonprofessional, self-supporting, non-denominational, multiracial, apolitical, and available almost everywhere. There are no age or education requirements. Membership is open to anyone who wants to do something about his or her drinking problem.¡±

 

Read the story of the founder of AA at:

http://www.aa.org/bigbookonline/en_BigBook_chapt1.pdf

 

WHAT DOES A.A. DO?

A.A. members share their experience with anyone seeking help with a drinking problem; they give person-to-person service or "sponsorship" to the alcoholic coming to A.A. from any source. The meetings are for a variety of reasons whether it is for working through the steps, hearing about different alcoholics and their experiences and be a general area of support for the person trying to get help.

What are the 12 steps?

    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. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
    4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
    5. Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
    6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
    7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
    8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
    9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
    10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
    11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
    12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

How can I find a meeting ?

http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org/en_find_meeting.cfm

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