{"id":84895,"date":"2022-04-20T14:04:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T18:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aa87.org\/the-aa-program\/notre-methode\/"},"modified":"2022-06-17T11:39:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T15:39:44","slug":"how-it-works","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aa87.org\/en\/the-aa-program\/how-it-works\/","title":{"rendered":"How it works"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"84895\" class=\"elementor elementor-84895 elementor-77508\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e1dd29d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e1dd29d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column 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href=\"https:\/\/www.aa87.org\/en\/the-aa-program\/how-it-works\/\">How it works<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-85087\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-85087\" menu-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa87.org\/en\/the-aa-program\/twelve-steps\/\">Twelve Steps<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-85088\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-85088\" menu-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa87.org\/en\/the-aa-program\/twelve-traditions\/\">Twelve Traditions<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-85086\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-85086\" menu-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa87.org\/en\/the-aa-program\/twelve-concepts\/\">Twelve Concepts<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-85089\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-85089\" menu-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa87.org\/en\/the-aa-program\/aa-world\/\">AA World<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t            <div class=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ova_closeCanvas ova_closeNav\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bef0398\" data-id=\"bef0398\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e6a467 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e6a467\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a26d1be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a26d1be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such unfortunates. They are not at fault; they seem to have been born that way. They are naturally incapable of grasping and developing a manner of living which demands rigorous honesty. Their chances are less than average. There are those, too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest.<\/p><p>Our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now. If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it\u2014then you are ready to take certain steps.<\/p><p>At some of these we balked. We thought we could find an easier, softer way. But we could not. With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the very start. Some of us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely.<\/p><p>Remember that we deal with alcohol\u2014cunning, baffling, powerful! Without help it is too much for us. But there is One who has all power\u2014that One is God. May you find Him now!<\/p><p>Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. We asked His protection and care with complete abandon.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d05b36 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d05b36\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f97f0e\" data-id=\"7f97f0e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ae368 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"31ae368\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e977965 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e977965\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e35ed9\" data-id=\"8e35ed9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d857cdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-ova_heading\" data-id=\"d857cdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ova_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ova-heading\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title second_font\">\u00ab What an order! I can\u2019t go through with it. \u00bb<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1980e1e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1980e1e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ceb405c\" data-id=\"ceb405c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dba082 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9dba082\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2667e45 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2667e45\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-074a717\" data-id=\"074a717\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91b7b5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91b7b5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMany of us exclaimed: <strong>\u00ab What an order! I can\u2019t go through with it. \u00bb<\/strong> Do not be discouraged. No one among us has been able to maintain anything like perfect adherence to these principles. We are not saints. The point is, that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines. The principles we have set down are guides to progress. We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c683eb5\" data-id=\"c683eb5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-295951e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"295951e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our description of the alcoholic, the chapter to the agnostic, and our personal adventures before and after make clear three pertinent ideas:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14a2298 pp-icon-list-traditional elementor-list-item-link-inline pp-icon-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-pp-icon-list\" data-id=\"14a2298\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pp-icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pp-list-container\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"pp-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"pp-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-43bd744\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pp-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pp-icon-list-icon pp-icon \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-check\"><\/i><\/span>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pp-icon-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThat we were alcoholic and could not manage our own lives.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"pp-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-f1691ca\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pp-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pp-icon-list-icon pp-icon \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-check\"><\/i><\/span>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pp-icon-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThat probably no human power could have relieved our alcoholism.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"pp-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-a73bafe\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pp-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pp-icon-list-icon pp-icon \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-check\"><\/i><\/span>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pp-icon-list-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThat God could and would if He were sought.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-125e2de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"125e2de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Extract from the book <em style=\"color: #0398ca;\">Alcoholics Anonymous<\/em>,<br \/>Fourth Edition, Chapter 5 \u00ab How It Works \u00bb, page 58, 59 and 60.<br \/>\u00a9 A.A.W.S. 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