... non alcoholic friends over for a bar-be-cue one of my non alcoholic neighbors asked if she could bring over a nice bottle of wine..I explained that half...
Good morning everyone! "Chapter 8 - To Wives" begins on page 104. My comments are somewhat limited on this chapter, both here and at the face to face weekend ...
Good Morning all! Today we will begin on page 122 - "The Family Afterward." The dynamics of a family that has endured alcoholism are skewed to the point where...
Good Morning everyone! We're at page 128 of Chapter 9 - "The Family Afterward." The reading from here through the bottom of page 130 centers on, for lack of a ...
Good Mornin' all! Chapter 10 - To Employers begins on page 136. This chapter was written by Hank Parkhurst. Hank was one of the early New York members and a...
Good Mornin' all- We are beginning at the bottom of page 145. Reading through to page148, there are many ideas that have been adopted by industry in general...
Good Morning! Chapter 11 - "A Vision for You" begins on page 151. If you have been following along with the study from the beginning you are aware of the...
This chapter I love... At founders day this past Saterday i stood in the old lobby of the Mayflower Hotel( now a senior center)and read from page 154 "...
Good morning all! There are a great many places that have marked AA's early history. The Mayflower Hotel in Ohio is one. Towns Hospital at 293 Central Park...
Good Morning, everyone! I get the privilege of posting the last study in this cycle. Dr. Bob's Nightmare is the first of the personal stories on page 171. ...
Welcome everyone! We've just completed our last cycle and we will start from the Title page and work our way through to Doctor Bob's story once again. The next...
... 10,000 people coming by the hundreds all day long to see Dr. Bobs home and to see the places the big book and your posting talks about where he hid the...
Dr. Bob's story really demonstrates how new-age AA has changed the message. Seems like Political correctness is more important than the AA message. ... any ...
Welcome everyone to the newest cycle of our Big Book Study! We'll be examining the book very closely throughout the coming weeks. It is important to note that...
... God comes up..I am optomistic real big book based AA will stay because it has it "foundation stone" in bed rock the pop stuff is built on sand.and will...
Dear Steve, *clap clap clap* Those who prefer to argue with what you wrote (or prefer to argue PERIOD) would remind you that the portion of the book from which...
Hello all - this is my first post into an on-line meeting, I was challenged by recent Grapevine articles to get involved, to get over my contempt prior to...
Welcome, Tom. Good points you make. I have been re-reading the personal stories lately, too. My husband bought me a book for my 10- year sobriety birthday...
Hi Lenny, This is true of my regular meeting, also. My first sponsor suggested I go to meeting that talked about the solution. It is not a coincidence that...
As time progresses, the more I realize my good fortune for having a great 'old school' sponsor when newly sober. He, too, told me to read the black print. It...
Welcome, Tom. This study is a great place to learn more about the AA program. Glad you are here. Steve ... morning's reply - well, all the more reason to...
Good morning everyone! Turning to page Roman Numeral xi, the preface to the Third Edition, and looking at paragraph #2 this book is identified as "the basic...
I would like to interject a few comments on the foreward to the first edition, which I do not think should be over looked... Continuing with the phrase Jim...
Hello, I did have a few comments to post on the Preface and the foreword. I really like that last sentence to the Preface: "If you have a drinking problem, we...
