Welcome back everyone and good morning! A BIG thanks! to Karen for posting while I was away on business! Let's read through starting from the bottom of page 76...
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...
Good Morning everyone! Although it seems like we're running through the Steps, keep in mind that in this chapter alone we cover steps 5 through 10 -- a mere 16...
Good Morning! Page 85, Paragraph 1 - While we have recovered from alcoholism: "We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve...
Good morning everyone! We're at Page 86, paragraph 2 : "On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. ... we ask God to direct our thinking,...
Good morning everyone! Chapter 7 starts on page 89. It is dedicated in its entirety to Step 12. "Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps,...
I HEAR PEOPLE SAY THAT ONE OF OUR CO-FOUNDERS WAS A DRUG ADDICT, IS THIS TRUE ? I THOUGHT HE ONLY TOOK HIGH POWER SEDATIVES SO HE CAN DRINK MORE BUT PEOPLE...
High power sedative is a drug and as an alcoholic with an allergy, once taken can set off an allergic reaction, therefore he may have wanted more and more. Is...
Hi Jimmy "THEY" say lots of things in and around AA. I don't know either way. I know many members of AA that have used and been addicted to other substances or...
No. However ,it was circulated that Bill did some experimenting with hallucinatory substances , purely for scientific reasons , your Honor . This was some...
Good morning everyone! Let's go to page 100, last paragraph- "Assuming we are spiritually fit, we can do all sorts of things alcoholics are not supposed to do....
My names Phil M. I'm an alcoholic from the Denver metro area.I'm new to this group. My sobriety date is 9-6-02, I just had my 5th year celebration last week. ...
"Assuming we are spiritually fit . . . " The bottom of page 101 prerequisites the information on the opposite page which allows us to do all the one hears that...
Welcome Phil! Congratulations on 5 years of continueous sobriety.I have read some of the St Ignatious book too. My cousin is a priest and in the program. I am...
Good morning everyone! Most of the comments on this chapter were written by my friend and co-moderator Karen- "Chapter 8 - To Wives" begins on page 104. There...
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...
Remembering that life is lived outside of the rooms of AA is important. Top O' The Mornin' , This balance thing has been quite a challenge . I'm getting there...
Thank you Des, You reminded me why I got clean that is to look those that I have hurt the most in the face, and them to let me into their homes, but most...
I'm curiuos, could someone tell me where in the first 164 pages it say that AA is a spiritual not religious program.I can find almost in every chapter the...
All I can say is that I get the choice to believe in my Creator, God, Jesus, Allah, etc. Whatever the name...I have a choice...I am not pushed away by ...
my earlier post to this thread did not appear. here are some references: from Chapter 2 - There Is a Solution: - there was nothing left for us but to pick up...
from Chapter 2 - There Is a Solution: - there was nothing left for us but to pick up the simple kit of spiritual tools laid at out feet. (page 25) - That we...
Well Phil...................the Big Book Concordance which lists how many times a word or phrase is in the big book mentions that spiritual is used over 160...
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...
A thousand greetings my religious friend , Many of my AA friends are religious, which is great for them . I have no affiliation to any religion and don't...
"We are not an organization in the conventional sense of the word. There are no fees or dues whatsoever. The only requirement for membership is an honest...
Des, they changed the pronunciation of that planet to Yuuuur -a - nuss. I took Astronomy afew years ago and everybody asked why!!!!!! Glad you had a great...
Good morning everyone! 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...
So after all that has been said on this subject over the last two days, we can now answer the fisrt Question.Can anyone show me where in the first 164 pages of...
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