Big Book

MY FIRST introduction to the importance of the Big Book came to me in the local coffee shop after a noontime meeting. It. came by way of an old-timer on the AA program who told me of various things: "guideposts" and "musts"; learning to read, in order to read to learn; and learning to understand, in order to understand to learn. Needless to say, I thought the chap was a bit daffy. But, wanting desperately to hold on to my newfound sobriety, I trudged off home to read the book Alcoholics Anonymous. Little did I know that I was entering into a journey that would lift the compulsion to drink and would restore some order and sanity to my life.