Good Morning, everyone! Paragraph 2 on page 60 - original text in (parenthesis) and my editorial notes in [brackets]: "Our description of the alcoholic, [found...
'Morning everyone : ) We are on page 62, Paragraph 3. Here we find out the position that God will occupy in our lives: "This is the how and the why of it....
The big book is a wonderful piece of spiritual literature. I am so fascinated by granduer, the magnificient quality, the timeless authenticity. And to find...
... sponser, you? Going over my 4th step aaaaaannnnndddd apparently setting up a 9th step myself. :) :) :) If I offended I offer amends. Jay ~Meow!~ ...
Thank you Cheryl. The wide eyes amazement and joy in the BB is something I still feel every time I reread it! To me the promises are started with the...
... good job on your step work This came up Monday in our Lit study meeting (Swaps between BB and 12X12). I am of the opinion: "Do the steps Early, Do them ...
What do you mean tell me more, tell you more about the process I follow. It is about going through the Big Book by turning each statement into questions and...
Good morning, everyone! We are at the bottom of page 63 , last paragraph: "Next we launched out on a course of vigorous action, the first step of which is a...
Good Afternoon , When someone one posted they get the people they help to sign the part which says " Go to any lengths " my reaction to that was BRILLIANT...
This is a bit off topic, but the question is sincere, so apologies ahead of time. I'm celebrating 15 years of recovery this month and have been going through...
I know that the living word of God is just that the word of God spoken directly from God's mouth to be recorded for us the beings he created. The inspired word...
Hi Some information I read and through my experience have come to see "that every great movement or government has a written authority. Judaism has the Torah,...
Good Morning Step Three, You know for years I would wake up and turn my will and life over to the care of God. And guess what the way I worked my so called...
Very interesting posts. I was 9 years sober til I decided to do the steps the Big Book way. I try to LIVE the book not just read it.I believe everything in it...
Thanks for your experiences and thoughts,Julieanne. I'm happy after 16 years of grief within the rooms of AA, you found someone willing to take you through...
Thanks Lori, for what you've written. Would you also regard Bill's writing of the 12 & 12 in the same light: "the voice of God ... due to the inspired spirit...
"David Johnson" wrote: ....how do members of this group regard the Big Book? Thanks for a well written and thought provoking question David. I've enjoyed...
... "THE BIG BOOK" as we call it down here in Baltimore, has not only saved my life "and I study it like my life depends on it" but it also teaches me how to...
My view of the BB is it is primary source material for recovery, the epoch of informative instructions on how ' powerlessness' over alcohol can be dealt with....
... epoch of informative instructions on how ' powerlessness' over alcohol can be dealt with. The Big Book to me is much more important than the bible . The...
... epoch of informative instructions on how ' powerlessness' over alcohol can be dealt with. The Big Book to me is much more important than the bible . The...
Dean wrote"I wouldn't discourage anyone from checking out the range of books & literature (both Conference Approved and Non Conference items) available. My...