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Is A.A. for You?
Only you can decide whether you want to give A.A. a try — whether you think it can help you.
We who are in A.A. came because we finally gave up trying to control our drinking. We still hated to admit that we could never drink safely. Then we heard from other A.A. members that we were sick. (We thought so for years!) We found out that many people suffered from the same feelings of guilt and loneliness and hopelessness that we did. We found out that we had these feelings because we had the disease of alcoholism.
We decided to try to face up to what alcohol had done to us. Here are some of the questions we tried to answer honestly. If we answered YES to four or more questions, we were in deep trouble with our drinking. See how you do. Remember, there is no disgrace in facing up to the fact that you have a problem.
What’s your score?
Did you answer YES four or more times? If so,
you are probably in trouble with alcohol. Why
do we say this? Because thousands of people in
A.A. have said so for many years. They found
out the truth about themselves — the hard way.
But again, only you can decide whether you
think A.A. is for you. Try to keep an open mind
on the subject. If the answer is YES, we will
be glad to show you how we stopped drinking
ourselves. Just call. A.A. does not promise to solve your life’s problems.
But we can show you how we are learning to live without drinking “one day at a time.” We stay away from that “first drink.” If there is no first one, there cannot be a tenth one. And when we got rid of alcohol, we found that life became much more manageable.
A DECLARATION OF UNITY
This we owe to A.A.’s future: To place our common welfare first; to keep our fellowship united. For on A.A. unity depend our lives and the lives of those to come.
I am responsible…
When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of A.A. always
to be there.
And for that: I am responsible.
This is A.A. General
Service Conference-approved literature.
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