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Precisely…

From the forward to the book Alcoholics Anonymous:

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

I looked up the dictionary definition to the word precisely and found it to mean “indicating exactness…” That doesn’t leave much wiggle room, to be sure! That’s why I love to read the book and follow its directions as closely to the letter as possible.

A good way to get to know the book is through regular attendance at a Big Book study meeting. With the profusion of reading material available to me in any given day via my Kindle or some Web site, it’s easy to overlook the Big Book or tell myself that “I’ll get to it later,” when in fact, I often won’t.

A great resource for Big Book study is (and I hate to say it, but it’s not an A.A. site) anonpress.org – there you can order their study edition Big Books and also download an electronic version of the book for little to no cost, depending on the edition you prefer.

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