The process of one addict guiding another through the Big Book takes between 24 to 30 hours, usually done in one to two hour sessions, typically over a period of two to three weeks. In the process, we write helpful and clarifying comments and notes in the margins of our Big Books, circle important words and highlight certain passages for emphasis. We are called Muckers or Bookers, because we muck up the Big Book! During this period of "being booked", the suffering addict puts into action the 12 steps of the program. We substitute terms and phrases related to drink and alcohol to cocaine and other mind-alterning substances to better reflect our experience. The purpose of this brief, intense process is to jump-start the program for the suffering cocaine addict. The goal is to facilitate the "vital spiritual experience" as described throughout the Big Book, and to give the cocaine addict the tools to subsequently maintain and grow that experience. Once the sufferin

Alcoholics Anonymous - Our primary purpose. "Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs."   page 60   We must be ever vigilant to maintain the purity of our message, "if AA is ever destroyed, it will be from within."   Bill Wilson   Do you to want to want to stop? "If, when you honestly want to, you find you cannot quit entirely, or if when drinking, you have little control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic. If that be the case, you may be suffering from an illness which only a spiritual experience will conquer."   page 44   We are sober because of the steps we take, not the meetings we make!. "We, OF Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. To show other alcoholics PRECISELY HOW WE HAVE RECOVERED is the main purpose of this boo

AA Big Book (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) All Addictions Anonymous:  http://www.alladdictionsanonymous.com/ Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous:  http://www.slaafws.org/ The Big Book Muckers AA Primary Purpose:  http://www.theprimarypurposegroup.com/ AA Back To Basics:  http://www.aabacktobasics.org/ Related articles According to the Muckers, many A.A. groups pay lip service to the sanctity of the Big Book but no longer insist that a recovering alcoholic must use it. Spiritual Interventions: Inside A.A.'s Fundamentalist Healing Program of Faith With Works Big Book Step Study Prayer of Surrender Getting the Most from Alcoholics Anonymous Psychic Change How It Works

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  Paul Simon says there's always been a spiritual dimension to his music. But the overt religious references in his most recent album, So Beautiful or So What, surprised even him. There are songs about God, angels, creation, pilgrimage, prayer and the afterlife. . Simon says he has many questions about God and explores them through his music. Enlarge By Todd Plitt, for USA TODAY Paul Simon performs at Ground Zero during a 10th anniversary ceremony of the 9-11 terrorist attacks. Simon says he has many questions about God and explores them through his music. Ads by Google 1st Dual Core Mini-ITX VIA EPIA-M900 wi Nano X2 CPU, DDR3 up to 8GB, 2 SATA, 8 USB2.0, 4 www.viaembedded.com Simon says the religious themes were not intentional — he does not describe himself as religious. But in an interview with the PBS program Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, he said the spiritual realm fascinates him. "I think it's a part of my thoughts on a fairly regular basis," he said. "