Hey fellas, First off, want to thank Larry H. for his share and a terrific speaker meeting last week!! This week we will be going over Chapter 2 - There is a solution. "If you are as seriously alcoholic as we were, we believe there is no middle-of-the-road solution. We were in a position where life was becoming impossible, and if we had passed into the region from which there is no return through human aid, we had but two alternatives: One was to go on to the bitter end, blotting out the consciousness of our intolerable situation as best we could; and the other, to accept spiritual help. This we did because we honestly wanted to, and were willing to make the effort." - bottom of pg.25. It goes on to describe the story of Rowland Hazzard III , a wealthy American business man from Rhode Island (1881-1945). Rowland had cross that threshold with his drinking and after having sought help from top American psychiatrists to no avail, he went to Europe where he consulted wi...
This blog is a compilation of commentaries about AA, alcoholism, sobriety and recovery. They were created as part of a weekly email series I send out to the AA Wed Night Riverside Men's Group in Escazú, San José, Costa Rica. We are a Men's Big Book and AA-related literature study group with the aim of expanding our knowledge and understanding of the principles set forth by the book Alcoholics Anonymous.