Big Book

Well i am trying to read the big book, front to back. I would suggest it strongly. Yesterday in the meeting, i heard myself saying, "In the big book, it says and alcoholic can only help an alcoholic because they speak the same language." This is why many a times, almost always, the wife of an alcoholic cannot help him becuase she doesn't speak the same language, she doesn't speak drunk, she speaks wife of drunk. IN this sense, an al anon can only help an alanon becuase we also speak the same language.

It would be like if a smoker were to talk to me about trying to quit and they can't no matter how hard they try, i don't smoke so i don't see the addiction, they have to talk with another smoker, again, they speak the same language.

Well that was an eye opener for me when i read it in the big book, i always knew, the wife, if rarely could help the aa, but i never knew why, now i know!!!