Big Book Page 29
Chapter 2 – There Is a Solution · pages 17–29
"Further on, clear-cut directions are given showing how we recovered. These are followed by forty-two personal experiences. Each individual, in the personal stories, describes in his own language and from his own point of view the way he established his relationship with God."— Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, page 29. A short quotation, for identification and study. Read the whole page in your own copy →
What's on page 29
Page 29 sits in Chapter 2, There Is a Solution, which runs pages 17–29. That's the stretch of the book where Step 1 is worked through.
Reading the page itself, the language here turns on the spiritual experience. That's taken from the page's own words — not from anybody's summary of them.
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Quick answers
What chapter of the Big Book is page 29 in?
Page 29 is in Chapter 2, “There Is a Solution”, which runs pages 17–29 in Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition. That is the part of the book where Step 1 is worked through.
What is on page 29 of the Big Book?
Page 29 sits in Chapter 2 – There Is a Solution. Reading the page itself, its language turns on the spiritual experience. 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.
Which Step does page 29 of the Big Book relate to?
Page 29 falls in the pages where the Big Book works through Step 1 (pages 1–43 in the 4th Edition). The Big Book does not put the Steps in tidy chapters of their own — the instructions run continuously through the text, which is why a page reference matters more than a Step number.
Can I read page 29 of the Big Book online for free?
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