Big Book, More About Alcoholism, p. 30-43
Complete chapter on the nature of alcoholic thinking
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From Alcoholics Anonymous — 1955 Second Edition by Wilson, Bill & Smith, Dr. Bob
Chapter Three drives home that the alcoholic suffers from a mental obsession that overrides reason and self-knowledge. It uses the jaywalker analogy and the story of the man of thirty to illustrate the great obsession of every abnormal drinker — that he can someday control and enjoy his drinking.
Big Book, More About Alcoholism, p. 30
Most of us have been unwilling to admit we were real alcoholics... The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsessionRead in Books4Free →
Big Book, More About Alcoholism, p. 30
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Big Book, More About Alcoholism, p. 32-33
Story of the man of thirty who tried controlled drinking
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The jaywalker analogy illustrating insanity of alcoholic thinking
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Jim's story and Fred's story — illustrations of strange mental blank spots
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