Recovered or Recovering

Please use your Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
to look up the references listed in this document.
The context you find them in is very revealing as to
why so many so called "experts" would have you believe
you cannot recover. The truth of the matter is
we MUST recover or go on to the bitter end,
blotting out the consiousness of our intolerable situation
as best we could.

Other A.A. conference approved material that talks
about the Recovered Alcoholic are
"Pass It On", "Dr. Bob and the Good Old Timers", and "A.A. Comes of Age".

RECOVERED or RECOVERING

References from THE Big Book ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

Pg. iii “The Story of How Many Thousands Of Men and Women Have RECOVERED From Alcoholism”

Pg. xiii “... are more than 100 men and women who have RECOVERED from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body

Pg. xiii “To show other alcoholics PRECISELY HOW WE HAVE RECOVERED is the main purpose of this book.”

Pg. xv “...far above 150,000 RECOVERED alcoholics.”

Pg. xx “...such large numbers of RECOVERIES (plural for RECOVERED - not RECOVERING)

Pg. xxii “...brought RECOVERY to...” and “...path to RECOVERY

Pg. xxiii “...have RECOVERED

Pg. 17 “...all have RECOVERED

Pg. 29 “...clear-cut directions ... showing how we RECOVERED.”

Pg. 58 “ who do not RECOVER

Pg. 96 “...who have RECOVERED ...”

Pg. 96 “...he cannot RECOVER by himself.”

Pg. 113 “... thousands ... have RECOVERED

Pg. 133 “We who have RECOVERED ... are miracles of mental health.”

Pg. 132 “But, why shouldn’t we laugh? We have RECOVERED and have been given the POWER to help others.”

Pg. 135 “... if he would RECOVER

Pg. 149 “... the kind who RECOVERS

Pg. 153 “The age of miracles is still with us. Our own RECOVERY proves that.”

Pg. 158 “He has helped other men RECOVER

Pg. 162 “... willing and able to RECOVER on a spiritual basis.”

Pg. 164 “... his opportunity to RECOVER...”

RECOVERING?????????????? -
one mention in the BIG BOOK - page 123 “certain attitude a wife may take with the husband who is recovering”
( who is working at the 12 Steps for the first time towards the personality change or Spiritual Experience - pg. 25)