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Morning prayer god, direct my thinking today so that it be empty of self pity, dishonesty, selfwill, selfseeking. We will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given us. Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path directions. As of december 2009, 30,664,881 copies of the big book have been sold or otherwise distributed source aa gso ny. The big book of alcoholics anonymous, also referred to as alcoholics anonymous. It originated the twelvestep program now used widely among addictions outside. Ask him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. It says in the big book on page 19, we have concluded to publish an anonymous volume setting forth the problem as we see it. Monday, march 26, 2012 aa morning meditation big book pages 86,87 and 88 explained.
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