A Big Book topic from our online literature study guide at AABookClub.org:

Psychic Change with a Spiritual Experience

Unless this person can experience an entire psychic change there is very little hope of his recovery. (Page xxvii)

Quite important was the discovery that spiritual principles would solve all my problems. (Page 42)

When, therefore, we speak to you of God, we mean your own conception of God. This applies, too, to other spiritual expressions which you find in this book. (Page 47)

Many of us exclaimed, "What an order! I can’t go through with it." Do not be discouraged. No one among us has been able to maintain anything like perfect adherence to these principles. We are not saints. The point is, that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines. The principles we have set down are guides to progress. We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection. (Page 60)

  If God can solve the age-old riddle of alcoholism, He can solve your problems too. (Page 116)