Good morning everyone! (Wednesday) We're at the top of page 13 -Bill went again to Towns Hospital to be separated from alcohol for the last time. This is at...
you've got my prayer, keep the faith! ... From: David Jones <jonesd926@...> To: BBS_Open_Discussion@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2008 6:26:29 AM...
Good Morning!We're on page 17 - Chapter 2 - "There is a Solution."One of the literary devices that Bill employs on this page relates to events that are...
"But that in itself would never have held us together as we are now joined." (p. 17) Our Fourth Dimension 12-Step Study Group here in Richmond, Indiana, ofter...
Yes, but (LOL) Shouldn´t there be a word "alone" after the word fellowship? Anyways no clichee has given me more new enemies than telling this to meeting...
Hey Robert, I agree the fellowship is not the solution, if that "fellowship" is considered Meetings. Merely a social gathering. Most often the "fellowship" is...
To Paul and Terry, et al: The first six months of my sobriety were spent “surviving on the fellowship.” I mean I went to two and sometimes three meetings...
All meetings and all groups (the Fellowship) are not created equal. When there were only two AA groups, NY and Akron, the Fellowship and the Program were very...
Mike wrote: "In fact, the first three steps were most likely done in one evening, not in three years." Conversely, one of our 4D style meetings Prays the Third...
Very well said Mike, I get hammered all the time when I refer to the "then" versus the "now". I'm a bit of a history buff myself so AA then and AA now.. as you...
Right on Bob in fact what I do.. I help them write it, and we take 4 and 5 at the same time. 6 and 7 I wait for them to finish, and we cover 8, 9, 10 and 11....
Good morning! (Friday)Turning our books to Page 25, lets look at paragraph 2:"The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and...
Dear Moderators: I would like to add to the "files" section of this board a MS-Word document containing the correspondence in 1961 between Bill Wilson and Carl...
... paragraph 2:"The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and effective spiritual experiences* which have revolutionized (changed)...
... paragraph 2:"The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and effective spiritual experiences* which have revolutionized (changed)...
Greetings Ann, Thank you for your share. Best wishes to you & yours Des xx ... From: bigfoot51074 <bigfoot51074@...> Subject: [BBS_Open_Discussion] Re:...
I tried going to the files section on Yahoo to see what there was to read but every time I tried to open a file to read it, I got the message "not accessible."...
Good morning and welcome back everyone! We're at Page 30 - Chapter 3, "More (Truth) About Alcoholism". This is where we will discuss--in depth--the state of...
Page xx tells us that 50% of those who really tried got sober and remained that way; 25 % sobered up aftersome relapses, and the remainer showed improvement....
Bob? I don't think we have the authority have God do anything in a "I must allow God". simply believe he can. Do we discount the 25 years of not drinking? It...
This is my crux when working with young girls, I am 27 with 3 years sober and this is all y sponsees. I met with one sponsee today who has been sober for 2...
In the past, I used to try to convince guys I sponsored when they manifested any reservations about the necessary work required to recover. Statements like, "I...
Terry asked: "The message of once an alcoholic always an alcoholic is powerful, but who was this walking dead man?" The following statement comes from AA...
Working with the "potential alcoholic" Bill Wilson used this term with women and young people, I assume pride was the reason to not use it on the men. So in...
God bless you in your work, Kristi. We carry the message, not the mess. Those girls will get their butts bit, never you fear. If they will not work the...
When I first started sponsoring, many 24 hours ago, I was not good at it! Part of the reason was because I put expectations on the girls and myself. Another...
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