Apr 15, 2014 at 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by emgreen
While I go to a Big Book meeting every week, I'm not a big reader of AA literature...at least the first 164 pages. My favorite meeting of the week is a Grapevine meeting that has contemporary readings about being sober. In my opinion, much of the Big Book is dated...even if the experiences in the stories are the same as the symptoms & problems I hear around the tables. I get much more out of meetings than I do out of the literature. A link to the Grapevine follows:
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I agree. I have read those first 164 pages so many times I can't really stomach it any more. I like the 12 x 12 much better. It is all dated. A lot more is understood now. I wonder if they ever consider adding to it. I guess they figure if it ain't broke don't fix it. They come out with new editions but I think all they ever did was maybe add a few stories.
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