PROMISES OF STEP ONE
*have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. Title Page*suddenly finds himself easily able to control his desire for alcohol-Doctors Opinion pg 5
*I was soon to be catapulted into what I like to call the fourth dimension of existence. pg8
*I was to know happiness, peace and usefulness, in a way of life that is incredibly more wonderful as time passes pg 8
*I would enter upon a new relationship with my Creator, that I would have the elements of a way of living which answered all my problems. pg 13
*If he did not work, he would surely drink again, and if he drank, he would surely die. pg 15
*But, there exists among us a fellowship, a friendliness, and an understanding which is indescribably wonderful pg 16
PROMISES OF STEP TWO
*Scales of pride and prejudice fell from my eyes. pg 12
*A new world came into view. pg 12
*Common sense would thus become uncommon sense. pg 13*We have found much of heaven and we have been rocketed into a fourth dimension of existence of which we had not even dreamed. pg 25
*The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and effective spiritual experiences which have revolutionized our whole attitude toward life, toward our fellows and toward God's universe. pg 25*The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way which is indeed miraculous. pg 25
*He has commenced to accomplish those things for us which we could never do by ourselves. pg 25
*A new life has been given us or, if you prefer, "a design for living" that really works. pg 28
*clear-cut directions are given showing how we recovered. pg 29*My alcoholic condition was relieved, as in fact it proved to be. pg 42
My alcoholic condition was relieved, as in fact it proved to be.* We found that God does not make too hard terms with those who seek Him. pg 46
*To us, the Realm of Spirit is broad, roomy, all inclusive; never exclusive or forbidding to those who earnestly seek. It is open, we believe, to all men.pg 46
*We found that God does not make too hard terms with those who seek Him. pg46
*As soon as a man can say that he does believe, or is willing to believe, we emphatically assure him that he is on his way. pg 47
*Afterward, we found ourselves accepting many things which then seemed entirely out of reach. pg 47
*In the face of collapse and despair, in the face of the total failure of their human resources they found that a new power, peace, peace, happiness, and sense of direction flowed into them. pg 50
*there has been a revolutionary change in their way of living and thinking.pg 50
*We found the Great Reality deep down within us. In the last analysis it is only there that He may be found. It was so with us. pg 55
*The consciousness of your belief is sure to come to you. pg 55
*Even so has God restored us all to our right minds. pg 57
*He has come to all who have honestly sought Him pg 57
*When we drew near to Him He disclosed Himself to us! pg 57
PROMISES OF STEP THREE
*I would enter upon a new relationship with my creator, that I would have the elements of a new way of life. pg 13
*There was a sense of victory, followed by such peace and serenity as I had never known. pg 14
*There was utter confidence. pg 14
*He provided what we needed, if we kept close to Him and performed His work well. pg 63
we became less and less interested in ourselves, our little plans and designs. pg 63
*More and more we became interested in seeing what we could contribute to life. pg 63
*As we felt new power flow in, as we enjoyed peace of mind, as we discovered we could face life successfully, as we became conscious of His presence, we began to lose our fear of today, tomorrow or the hereafter. pg 63
*We were reborn pg 63
*an effect, sometimes a very great one, was felt at once.pg 63
*At once, we commence to outgrow fear. pg 68
We have begun to learn tolerance, patience and good will toward all men, even our enemies, for we look on the them as sick people. pg70
PROMISES OF STEP FOUR
*When the spiritual malady is overcome, we start to straighten out mentally and physically. pg64
*We cannot be helpful to all people but at least God will show us how to take a kindly and tolerant view of each and every one. (67)
*At once, we commence to outgrow fear. pg 68
*The right answer will come, if we want it. pg 69
* We have begun to learn tolerance, patience and good will toward all men, even our enemies, for we look on them as sick people. pg 70
*we believe we will be forgiven and will have learned our lesson. pg 70
*we have begun to learn tolerance, patience and good will toward all men, even our enemies, for we look on the them as sick people. pg 70
* God can remove whatever self-will has blocked you off from Him. pg 70
PROMISES OF STEP FIVE
Big Book page #75
*We can look the world in the eye.
*we can be alone at perfect peace and ease.
*Our fears fall from us.
* We begin to feel the nearness of our Creator.
* We may have had certain spiritual beliefs, but now we begin to have a spiritual experience.
* The feeling that the drink problem has disappeared will often come strongly.
*We feel we are on the Broad Highway, walking hand in hand with the Spirit of the Universe.
*we shall walk a free man at last.
PROMISES OF STEP EIGHT
Big Book page #78:
• If our manner is calm, frank, and open, we will be gratified with the result.
• Rarely do we fail to make satisfactory progress..
PROMISES OF STEP NINE
Big Book page #83-84:
• If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through.
• We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
• We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.
• We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.
• No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.
• That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear.
• We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows.
• Self-seeking will slip away.
• Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.
• Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us.
• We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us.
• We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
• Are these extravagant promises? We think not.
• They are being fulfilled among us-sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly.
• They will always materialize if we work for them.
PROMISES OF STEP TEN
Big Book page #84
• And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone -even alcohol.
• For by this time sanity will have returned.
• We will seldom be interested in liquor.
• If tempted, we recoil from it as from a hot flame.
Big Book page #84-85
• We react sanely and normally, and we will find that this has happened automatically.
Big Book page #85
• We will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given us without any thought or effort on our part. It just comes! That is the miracle of it.
• We are not fighting it, neither are we avoiding temptation.
• We have not even sworn off. Instead, the problem has been removed. It does not exist for us.
• We are neither cocky nor are we afraid.
PROMISES OF STEP ELEVEN
Big Book page #86:
• we can employ our mental faculties with assurance, for after all God gave us brains to use.
• Our thought-life will be placed on a much higher plane when our thinking is cleared of wrong motives.
Big Book page #87:
• What used to be the hunch or the occasional inspiration gradually becomes a working part of the mind.
• Nevertheless, we find that our thinking will, as time passes, be more and more on the plane of inspiration. We come to rely upon it.
Big Book page #87-88:
• We constantly remind ourselves we are no longer running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many times each day "Thy will be done." We are then in much less danger of excitement, fear, anger, worry, self-pity, or foolish decisions.
• We become much more efficient.
• We do not tire so easily, for we are not burning up energy foolishly as we did when we were trying to arrange life to suit ourselves.
PROMISES OF STEP TWELVE
Big Book page #89:
• You can help when no one else can.
• You can secure their confidence when others fail.
• Life will take on new meaning.
Big Book page #100:
• When we look back, we realize that the things which came to us when we put ourselves in God's hands were better than anything we could have planned.
• Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your present circumstances!
• Assuming we are spiritually fit, we can do all sorts of things alcoholics are not supposed to do.
Big Book page #102:
• God will keep you unharmed.
AND I AM SURE THERE ARE MANY MORE!!! Keep reading and searching for all the Promises
Reprinted from the book Alcoholics Anonymous (The Big Book)
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