Big Book Page 567
Appendix II – Spiritual Experience
"II SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE The terms "spiritual experience" and "spiritual awakening" are used many times in this book which, upon careful reading, shows that the personality change sufficient to bring about recovery from alcoholism has manifested itself among us in many different forms."— Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, page 567. A short quotation, for identification and study. Read the whole page in your own copy →
What's on page 567
Page 567 sits in Appendix II – Spiritual Experience. Read the surrounding pages in your own copy to get the run of the argument.
What's notable here: this page falls inside Spiritual Experience (Appendix II) (pages 567–568 in the 4th Edition).
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 part of the Big Book is page 567 in?
Page 567 is in Appendix II – Spiritual Experience of Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition.
What is on page 567 of the Big Book?
Page 567 sits in Appendix II – Spiritual Experience. It falls inside Spiritual Experience (Appendix II) — pages 567–568 in the 4th Edition. 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.
Where is the Spiritual Experience appendix in the Big Book?
Appendix II, “Spiritual Experience,” is on pages 567–568 of Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition. It is the appendix that clarifies that a spiritual awakening is usually of the “educational variety” — gradual rather than sudden.
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