Big Book Page ix
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"Page part iii They Lost Nearly All 1 My Bottle, My Resentments, and Me 437 From childhood trauma to skid row drunk, this hobo finally found a Higher Power, bringing sobriety and a long-lost family."— Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, page ix. A short quotation, for identification and study. Read the whole page in your own copy →
What's on page ix
Page ix sits in Contents. Read the surrounding pages in your own copy to get the run of the argument.
Reading the page itself, the language here turns on resentment, prayer, a higher power, family. That's taken from the page's own words — not from anybody's summary of them.
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Quick answers
What part of the Big Book is page ix in?
Page ix is in Contents of Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition.
What is on page ix of the Big Book?
Page ix sits in Contents. Reading the page itself, its language turns on resentment, prayer, a higher power, family. Recovery Starts does not reproduce the Big Book — the book belongs to A.A. — so to read the page in full, get your own copy.
Can I read page ix of the Big Book online for free?
Yes — free, no account. The Big Book Search Engine at read.recoverystarts.com shows the actual pages of the 4th Edition; page ix is at read.recoverystarts.com/bigbook/read?page=ix. The book itself belongs to A.A., which offers it to everyone: read it free at aa.org, buy a copy from the official A.A. store, or pick one up at almost any meeting.
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