“If, when you honestly want to, you cannot quit entirely, or when drinking,¹ you have little control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic.² If that be the case, you may be suffering from an illness which only a spiritual experience will conquer.”
(Big Book, p. 44)
“To show other alcoholics² precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book” (and of this group).
(Big Book, p. xiii)
“We are not fighting it,¹ neither are we avoiding temptation. We feel as though we had been placed in a position of neutrality...”
(Big Book, p. 85)
“Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path.”