Welcome everyone and good morning! Let's read through starting from the bottom of page 76 and on to the top of page 77. Here is where we find out what our...
Judy, I don't know where Bill said he regretted the word "recovered" It got me thinking though. I have learned in this study that if I do my steps 1-9, in...
coming in at the tail end of this discussion i did Step 5 yesterday and drove home with a smile in my heart despite the rain outside :) Janie ... The deal ... ...
some of my amends were not accepted however nowhere does it say they have to be nor they will be . . . no matter what i'm still courteous and no longer have to...
Janie, You made my day ! Don't stop there ... the best is yet to be ! Keep Growing ! Jocelyn mweemwow <mweemwow@...> wrote: coming in at the tail end of...
Exactly, Trish. That is why of all the analogies out there, I like diabetes best because they take their medicine daily and as a result they have a daily...
How wonderful for you, Janie! Welcome to a very elite fraternity! Judy P ... coming in at the tail end of this discussion i did Step 5 yesterday and drove home...
Every time I read Step 6 in the BB, I have to laugh... and ruefully shake my head. It's described in one very short paragraph, yet in the 12x12, the chapter on...
The Big Book uses the word 'recovered' in a very special and technical sense. Bill used the word "recovered" 11 times in the first 164 pages and 12 times ...
No, no, no, no, no, I really can not accept that steps 6 &7 are the steps that separate the men from the boys ! Step 1 does that ! But then, I haven't done...
But I was asking if anyone remembers where he later said he regretted (or whatever term) using the word recovered. If anyone can point me to that, I'd be...
Today, I am trying to live by faith. My faith is proven and perfected by my work. I have certainly experienced not being able to pick up the drink "even if I...
Hi Des. See if you feel that way once you’ve done them. The course of action ‘going to any lengths’ pivots around these two steps. God bless Dave _____ ...
Thanks Dave, I am looking forward to this as I know I will continue to change. Because I have to. I just like to enjoy my blissful ignorance ! Best wishes Des...
Hi Des. You’ve hit the nail squarely on the head. We may have wanted to get away from the pain of our drinking and the pain of our lives. Making the decision...
yes yes i read it like that, too, as well as "making the relatives like me" or "making the boss like me" . . . it's an ongoing Step yet has very few lines in...
hi everyone, i'm also in OA recovery for more than 18 years cuz i am allergic to sugar and white flour - however if i get upset and know chocolate will soothe...
a few weeks ago i was rip-roaring mad at someone, and with good reason! there's always a good reason lol . . . then i started to say the resentment prayer for...
Good Morning! We are at the bottom of page 80. The next several paragraphs, through the end of paragraph 1 on page 82, deal with the problems associated with...
i love this part of the Big Book, too! this week i made an amends i feared, and why? well just cuz i'm here for a while doesn't mean my mind is free of the...
Judy, You might try asking this question over in the AA History Lovers group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AAHistoryLovers/ They know *everything* over...
thanks Elsie :) no matter how many times i do this Step the result is always the same; didn't think i had much to say (it was a mini Step 5 since i've dont...
It is amazing how much you all still help me! I continue to get baffled at times. Then I get through it and wonder why I made such heavy weather of it in the...
Hi Elsie, Over the past few months , on average,Twice a week I wake myself up in the mornings laughing, this morning I woke up howling with laughter. I just...
Hi Des, Do you have a mirror on your ceiling? Joe _____ From: BBS_Open_Discussion@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BBS_Open_Discussion@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Des...
Step 8 was, to me, a big indicator that our program really walks the walk but that AAers often just talk it. Before I had read that far in the BB, I found...
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