Re: [BBS_Open_Discussion] Re: Big Book Study. Post #40
i think the physical craving passed first--and relatively quickly.im not sure when the mental obsession passed. i just know that one day (having been working the steps) i noticed i hadnt wanted a drink for awhile
Hello all In this chapter is something I have been thinking about. It´s the text on page 181: "Unlike most of our crowd, I did not get over my cravings for...
Paul, Well, He did say," Unlike most of our crowd,..." I took it to mean that his experience is an unusually long time. For me, I got relief within a short...
It is worth noting that although Dr Bob claims to have had "craving" for alcohol. His depiction is not the "craving" (physical allergy) which comes AFTER...
"Unlike most of our crowd, I did not get over my cravings for liquor much during the first two and onehalf years of abstinence...." Interesting... I got over...
I too got over the cravings quickly, and they have not returned YET, . It seemed to take forever to do the 4th and 5th steps but, once done I got rid of most...
Something else that just now struck me about this line is that he is talking about "cravings". He says,"Unlike most of our crowd, I did not get over my...
Hi, Paul, I think a part of it is that we are all different. For some folks, that obsession with drink vanishes rather quickly, for others, it does not. Dr....
I really wish you'd rethink this theory of yours Bill. You're saying our mental wellness is contignet upon the physical. You ought to put a disclaimer at the...
On rereading what I wrote, you are absolutely correct, Danny! Was "too quick on the fingers" on this one, and did not engage my brain! *sigh* (Bill picks up...
HI, Tammy! I took my "pooter" over to the "corner." Still have my "cap" on, though. After rereading my reply to Paul, I realize not only did I not make myself...
Bill, This is the point I thought you were trying to make. A great point that you always help me to remember when you post here, Bill. "Dr. Bob points out the...
If the obsession is the insane thoughts and actions that precede the first drink and the craving is what happens after we put the first drink in us... M aybe...
but he DIDN"T say desire--he said craving.i have noticed that some members like to "correct" the Big book--inserting their versions of words to make it suit...
... Or how a word was used when they wrote it. Some words that Dr. Bob, Bill W and their contemporaries in the 1930's used that do carry a different (or other)...
Thank you Chris, thats right on. Joe _____ From: BBS_Open_Discussion@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BBS_Open_Discussion@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Cherrie ...
i think the physical craving passed first--and relatively quickly.im not sure when the mental obsession passed. i just know that one day (having been working...
Paul, Perhaps the urge/compulsion to drink was lifted by a "power greater than ourselves". In my own experience I know I had been raised in a Southern Baptist...
John, I definitely wondered why God didn't answer my prayers and take the obsession to drink away. I, too realise that I needed to be humbled too, and...
lol...good example Trish. In romance novels, their called chamber pots, huh? trish&jack <rosebud222@...> wrote:In England, when I was growing up, we kept a...
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