"WE ADMITTED WE WERE POWERLESS
OVER ALCOHOL-- ..."
FORWARD TO 1st EDITION- pg. xiii-xiv And THE DOCTOR'S OPINION- pg. xxv-xxxii
"WE ADMITTED WE WERE POWERLESS OVER ALCOHOL-- ..."
CHAPTER 1: BILL'S STORY - pg. 1-16
"...THAT OUR LIVES HAD BECOME UNMANAGEABLE."
CHAPTER 2: THERE IS A SOLUTION - pg. 17-29
"...THAT OUR LIVES HAD BECOME UNMANAGEABLE."
CHAPTER 3: MORE ABOUT ALCOHOLISM - pg. 30-43
"CAME TO BELIEVE THAT A POWER
GREATER THAN OURSELVES ... COULD RESTORE US TO SANITY."
CHAPTER 4: WE AGNOSTICS - pg. 44-57
"MADE A DECISION TO TURN OUR
WILL AND OUR LIVES OVER TO THE CARE OF GOD ... AS WE UNDERSTOOD HIM."
CHAPTER 5: HOW IT WORKS - pg. 58-64
"MADE A SEARCHING AND FEARLESS
MORAL INVENTORY OF OURSELVES." (RESENTMENT'S)
CHAPTER 5: HOW IT WORKS - pg. 64-67
"MADE A SEARCHING AND FEARLESS MORAL INVENTORY OF
OURSELVES." (FEAR'S)
CHAPTER 5: HOW IT WORKS - pg. 67-68
"MADE A SEARCHING AND FEARLESS MORAL INVENTORY OF
OURSELVES." (SEX CONDUCT & HARM DONE TO OTHERS)
CHAPTER 5: HOW IT WORKS - pg. 68-71
"ADMITTED TO GOD, TO
OURSELVES, AND TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING, THE EXACT NATURE OF OUR WRONGS."
CHAPTER 6: INTO ACTION - pg. 72-75
"WERE ENTIRELY READY TO HAVE GOD REMOVE ALL THESE
DEFECTS OF CHARACTER."
CHAPTER 6: INTO ACTION - pg. 76.
"HUMBLY ASKED HIM TO REMOVE OUR SHORTCOMINGS."
CHAPTER 6: INTO ACTION - pg. 76.
"MADE A LIST OF ALL PERSONS WE HAD HARMED, AND BECAME
WILLING TO MAKE AMENDS TO THEM ALL."
CHAPTER 6: INTO ACTION - pg. 76-84
"MADE DIRECT AMENDS TO SUCH PEOPLE WHEREVER POSSIBLE,
EXCEPT WHEN TO DO SO, WOULD INJURE THEM OR OTHERS."
CHAPTER 6: INTO ACTION - pg. 76-84
"CONTINUED TO TAKE PERSONAL
INVENTORY AND WHEN WE WERE WRONG, PROMPTLY ADMITTED IT."
CHAPTER 6: INTO ACTION - pg. 84-85
"SOUGHT THROUGH PRAYER AND
MEDITATION TO IMPROVE OUR CONSCIOUS CONTACT WITH GOD... AS WE UNDERSTAND
HIM,... PRAYING ONLY FOR KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL FOR US, AND THE POWER TO
CARRY THAT OUT."
CHAPTER 6: INTO ACTION - pg. 85-88
"HAVING HAD A SPIRITUAL
AWAKENING AS A RESULT OF THESE STEPS, WE TRIED TO CARRY THIS MESSAGE TO
ALCOHOLICS..."
CHAPTER 7: WORKING WITH OTHERS - pg. 89-95
"...AND TO PRACTICE THESE PRINCIPLES IN ALL OUR
AFFAIRS."
CHAPTER 7: WORKING WITH OTHERS - pg. 96-103