Alcoholics Anonymous Chapter Summaries

The first chapter of the Alcoholics Anonymous book, covers the story of Bill W. His story goes into detail about his on and off relationship with alcohol and how almost every struggle in his life was because he couldn’t put down the bottle. It covers major points in his life where he was determined to quit, but would find himself at the bar stool the after a few days. Even when committed to a nationally known hospital for the mental and physical rehabilitation of alcoholics, he found himself having a drink once more. This on again, off again relationship with alcohol continued for quite some time, before he had encountered an old friend of his that he once knew as an alcoholic. It was a shock to Bill that this old friend of his was no longer an alcoholic, he was sober. The friend told him the experience of becoming sober and what it would take to fully commitment to the lifestyle. At first Bill was brought back to memories and the confusion of what it meant to welcome Christ into his life again. At the end of the chapter, Bill goes into detail on how he abandoned his out lifestyle, he focused on living a sober life and began helping other alcoholics.

There is a sense of family that is proposed in the chapter of this book, it details how the person reading the book is not alone in their suffering. The solution for the alcoholic is a spiritual experience, believing in something of a higher power allows the alcoholic to become sober. It goes into detail how self-knowledge and the will power is not enough to completely stop drinking. The consequences that follow drinking an alcoholic drink does not enter the mind to deter the person. The chapter explains why there must be a higher power in order for the alcoholic to fully become