Alcoholics Anonymous Beginners & Refresher Class Sessions Prepared by Mike & Kathy L, West Orange, NJ
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Page 89, first paragraph:
“Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. It works when other activities fail. This is our twelfth suggestion:
Carry this message to other alcoholics You can help when no one else can. You can secure their confidence when other fail.”
(Page 89, ¶ More promises are given in the next paragraph:
“Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends—this is an experience you must not miss. We know you will not want to miss it.
Frequent contact with newcomers and with each other is the bright spot of our lives.”
(Page 89, ¶ The rest of this chapter, for the most part, is step-by-step, clear-cut directions on how to make a Twelfth Step call and work with a newcomer.
Here are the directions. Top of page When you discover a prospect for Alcoholics Anonymous, find out all you can about him. If he does not want to stop drinking,
don’t waste time trying to persuade him. You may spoil a later opportunity.”
(Page 90, ¶ Skip to the third paragraph:
“Don’t deal with him when he is very drunk, unless he is ugly and the family needs your help. Wait for the end of the spree, or at least fora lucid interval. Then let his family or a friend ask him if he wants to quit for good and if he would go to any extreme to do so. If he says yes, then his attention should be drawn to you as a person who has recovered.”
(Page 90, ¶ 3)
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