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"If All Else Fails, Read The Instructions."
from a tag on new scientific equipment
We suggest that you use a red fine point marker
and a yellow highlighter.
First: Scan through the Big Book from the title page through page 164, the end of
A Vision For You. (Multilith Big Book page 76)
As you are scanning, underline the following words with red:
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Recover |
Relieved |
Restore |
Sanity |
Solve |
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Recovered |
Removed |
Restored |
Sanely |
Solution |
Also underline any variations on these words.
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ie: Recovery |
ie: Taken away |
ie: Disappeared |
As soon as you have underlined a word, highlight the full sentence that word is in, with yellow. Then use the tip of the yellow highlighter to underline a sentence or two before and/or after this main sentence. Doing this will help you to understand the main sentence and keep it in context.
Second: As soon as you have finished underlining, and highlighting, go back to the title page. Quickly read all the parts you have just highlighted. Then answer the following three questions:
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A) What is the purpose of the Big Book?
B) What is the solution?
C) Why are you in this program? |
Then, to see if your answers match the Big Book's, read the first paragraph on
page xiii. Then read page 25. Finally, read the
bottom paragraph on page 84.
(Multilith Big Book pages U, 11, 38)
We suggest that you then read, underline, and highlight appendix II "Spiritual Experience," on page 567, at the very end of the Big Book
Third: Reread the Big Book in a more thorough manner. Start with the Preface on page xi. Go through page 276, the end of the "Pioneers of A.A.," which is Part I of the personal stories. After doing this, as it says on page 95 in the third paragraph, you will need to decide for yourself if you want to go on. Will you follow what page 29 says are the Big Book's "clear-cut directions"? |
