"If there is a
shadow of a doubt someplace, that will cause a weakness."
Wallace Black Elk
Lakota
In
spite of the great increase in the size and the span of this Fellowship, at its
core it remains simple and personal. Each day, somewhere in the world, recovery
begins when one alcoholic talks with another, sharing experience, strength, and
hope.
Foreword
to Third Edition
Big
Book pg. xxii
I
earnestly advise every alcoholic to read this book through, and though perhaps he
came to scoff, he may remain to pray.
William
D. Silkworth
Big
Book pg. xxxii
Thus
was I convinced that God is concerned with us humans when we want Him enough.
At long last I saw, I felt, I believed. Scales of pride and prejudice fell from
my eyes. A new world came into view.
Big
Book pg. 12
Grandfather feed our
strength.