![]() and lift themselves completely from the deadening influence of a day at the office. Instead of only being able to discuss what they had heard, they could graduate to what they thought. ![]() And he can choose today to turn over a new leaf! - Bennett believed that learning to discern cause and effect in the world would give his readers an endless source of enjoyment and satisfaction. Even a saint gets not a minute more even the most inveterate time-waster is docked not a second for his wastrel ways. Each of us starts our day with 24 hours to spend. Yes, if you want to feel connected with the world, instead of endlessly pacing the treadmill (or, "exceeding your programme", as he called it), you must do so.- For time, as he gleefully notes, is the ultimate democracy. In this delightful little work, he taught his fellow sufferers how to set time apart for improving their lives. And they routinely decried the sameness in their lives.- So Bennett set out to explain how to inject new enthusiasm into living. FOREWORD Twenty - Four -Four Hours a Day is intended for members of Alcoholics Anonymous. Every day, his fellow white-collar Londoners followed the same old routine. A Meditation Book and Journal for Daily Reflection Richmond Walker. "Which of us lives on twenty-four hours a day? And when I say 'lives,' I do not mean exists, nor 'muddles through.'" - Arnold Bennett knew a "rat race" when he saw one. Please view all of the photos for the conditions.Download cover art Download CD case insert How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day There are stains to several pages in the book. There is no writing or markings inside the book. ![]() A previous owner signed their name on the first page. There is some splitting to the spine cover. ![]() activities) had come from Georgia down into Florida as a housing contractor.” The county was paid for the printing, but this arrangement may have made it easier to print small batches relatively inexpensively. member in Daytona Beach, was a County Commissioner and obtained the use of the county printing press to run these copies off. (Goshen, Indiana) told me that Wesley Parrish, an A.A. members would write him asking for copies, and he would wrap them and mail them out. Rich distributed them from his basement: A.A. He had some copies printed, and demand for the book quickly began to spread outside of the Daytona Beach area. groups in Daytona Beach, Florida, persuaded him to have this material printed in book form, so the rest of them could use it too. “Rich (who had gotten sober in May 1942) first assembled the material on small cards which he carried around with him to use in his own prayer and meditation. Information about the writing of the book: The book was originally published by Richmond Walker and the Daytona Beach Group in Daytona Beach, FL in 1948 before Hazelden started printing the book in the 1950’s. This is a second printing published by Hazelden of the Twenty-Four Hour a Day book written by Richmond Walker.Īfter this printing of the book, the "Compiled by" statement on the title page was removed from the front of the book. With over nine million copies in print (the original text has been revised), this little black book. Since 1954, Twenty-Four Hours a Day has become a stable force in the recovery of many alcoholics throughout the world. SKU: 053 Category: Books Tags: Hazelden Paperback. Twenty-Four Hours a Day - 2nd Hazelden Printing Twenty Four Hours a Day (softcover) 13.25. ![]()
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