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From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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But they had not learned enough of humility, fearlessness and honesty, in the sense we find it necessary, until they told someone else all their life story.
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Perhaps, though, your relation to him is such that
you would care to reveal only
a part of your story.
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Only thirty years later the conquest of the air was almost an old story and airplane travel was in full swing.
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Let him know you are available if he wishes to make a decision and tell his story, but do not insist upon it if he prefers to consult someone else.
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"Bill's Story," "Doctor Bob's Nightmare," and one other personal history from the first edition were retained intact; three were edited and one of these was retitled; new versions of two stories were written, with new titles; thirty completely new stories were added; and the story section was divided into three parts, under the same headings that are used now.
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But that wasn't the whole story, for in this case not only was
an A.A. member to break his anonymity at a public level, he was to link the name Alcoholics Anonymous to
this particular educational project in
the minds of millions.
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One new story has been added to Part I, and two that originally appeared in Part III have been repositioned there; six stories have been deleted.
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The story he told is most instructive, for here was a
chap absolutely convinced he had to stop drinking, who had no excuse for drinking, who exhibited splendid judgment and determination in all his other concerns, yet was flat on his back nevertheless.
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Countless times, in as many cities and hamlets, we reenacted the
story of Eddie Rickenbacker and his courageous company when
their plane crashed in the
Pacific.
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Impressed by those who visited him at the hospital,
he capitulated entirely when, later, in an upper room of this house, he heard the story of some man whose experience closely tallied with his own.
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He had also been greatly helped by the late Dr. William D. Silkworth, a New York specialist in alcoholism who is now accounted no less than a medical saint by A.A. members, and whose story of the early days of our Society appears in the next pages.
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(*) This refers to Bill's first visit with Dr. Bob. These men later became co-founders of A.A. Bill's story opens the text of this book; Dr. Bob's
heads the Story Section.
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Before long, your listener may well tell a story or two about himself which will place you even more at ease.
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(*) This refers to Bill's first visit with Dr. Bob. These men later became co-founders of A.A. Bill's story opens the text of this book; Dr. Bob's
heads the Story Section.
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"Bill's Story," "Doctor Bob's Nightmare," and one other personal history from the first edition were retained intact; three were edited and one of these was retitled; new versions of two stories were written, with new titles; thirty completely new stories were added; and the story section was divided into three parts, under the same headings that are used now.
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Beginning on the ground
floor there would be a club; in
the second story they would sober up drunks and hand them currency for their back debts; the third deck would house an educational project -- quite noncontroversial, of course.
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Later, he requested the privilege of being allowed to tell his story to other patients here and with some misgiving, we consented.
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Doctors are rightly loath to tell alcoholic patients the whole story unless it will serve some good purpose.
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Perhaps your story will help him see where he has failed to practice the very precepts he knows so well.
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