This is a long chapter, but like the rest of the Big Book, the ideas are simple and straightforward. I think this chapter gets ignored quite often, especially by members that feel they've got a good grasp of the faith business, but it helped me a great deal when I was trying to wrap my brain around Step 2.
The questions for the preceding chapters in this Big Book study are here, in order...
1. If you can't quit entirely and you've lost control over the amount you drink, what are you probably? (Pg. 44)
2. Is an atheist or an agnostic a rare thing in AA? (Pg. 44)
3. What is the alcoholic's real dilemma? (Pg. 45)
4. How can we find the power that will solve our problem? (Pg. 45)
5. According to the Big Book, when we speak of God, what do we mean? (Pg. 47)
6. What happens to one who says, "I do believe, or I am willing to believe, that there is a Power greater than myself?" (Pg. 47)
7. What are the attitudes that are a handicap to obtaining a belief in a Power greater than ourselves? (Pg. 48)
8. What is another good argument for believing in in a Power greater than one's self? (Pg. 48)
9. Should we remain prejudiced against organized religion? (Pg. 49)
10. What is the one proposition that most alcoholics seem to agree on? (Pg. 50)
11. Why was ancient man so slow to make material progress? (Pg. 51)
12. What makes us change our mind about the God idea working and our ideas not working? (Pg. 52)
13. What is YOUR choice? (Pg. 53)
14. How have we been practicing faith without even knowing it? (Pg. 54)
15. Where does the fundamental idea of God come from? (Pg. 55)
16. When does God disclose Himself to us? (Pg. 57)
__________________
The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. ---William James
