The other day, a fellow member of the recovery community recommended that I read a book by AA founder, Bill Wilson, titled “As Bill Sees It.”  They kept telling me that the book was absolutely amazing and that it would change the life of any recovering addict that read it.  I admit that I have skimmed through most of the NA Basic Text but never really sat down to read it cover to cover.  However, after fishing for “As Bill Sees It” by Bill Wilson, in the end, I stumbled upon it in the most convenient and inexpensive place—ONLINE.  That’s right – anyone – can read As Bill Sees It online text right now.  I was able to find it in its entirety, for viewing as a PDF, at: http://www.brconline.org/AA/AsBillSeesIt.pdf

Basically, As Bill Sees It is a collection of short meditations, prayers, thoughts and stories that Bill Wilson collected from various sources while in recovery.  From what other people have told me, the online text is exactly the same.  Here’s just one example:

4: Can We Choose?

“We must never be blinded by the futile philosophy that we are just
the hapless victims of our inheritance, of our life experience, and
of our surroundings — that these are the sole forces that make our
decisions for us. This is not the road to freedom. We have to believe
that we can really choose.”

I hope the online text of As Bill Sees It helps serve others as well as it has served me…