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 like this parable because it reminds me of the times I have allowed myself to float into the same sort of pleasant complacency. Please open the attachment...
Thanks Bob S. for this and many more of your excellent posts. And also thanks to this BBS- group. I hereaby admit that ϴll steal this story, and use it for...
Paul S. wrote: “I hereby admit that I’ll steal this story.” Many years ago circuit speaker Don G., from southern California, jokingly expressed dismay...
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....
Page 87 of our big books states "If not members of religious bodies, we sometimes select and memorize a few set prayers which emphasize the principles we have...
It is hard for me to overstate my gratitude for Emmet Fox. The Lord's Prayer populates the last half of his well known book, "SERMON ON THE MOUNT," from...
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...
Thanks . i just had a client that was sent to a christian program and returned- our program ins TC any way he could use this to hopefully get a better...
"frowning on religion?" as long as YOU keep it to yourself and dont expect folks in AA to approve of your particular choice of that subject, you'll have no ...
look, i just wanted to say thanks- Sorry if I offended You or anyone else. ... From: pipersteve1294 <pipersteve1294@...> Subject: [BBS_Open_Discussion]...
What offense did you commit, Veronica? Did you commit an offense against the Big Book, which is the center of this group, by mentioning offhand trying to help...
Once again Thaks Bill for everything especially making me laugh. ... From: Bill Triebe <bill_triebe@...> Subject: [BBS_Open_Discussion] Re: The 11th step...
Right on Bill T.! I love your post. For me; I came to AA in Sept 2002 as an agnostic in search of a way to quit drinking. What I found was a slow walk back to...
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...
...that religious people may be right. That's not to say we need people within AA to proseletyze but that we lead, by example, what a faith can do for us. Make...
Countrary to Bill T's contrary opinion, you did not offend me. See Bill T is in the "religion" business. He's a preacher and someone i consider a friend...
Thank God AA is not about "finding the religion of your choice." If this were the case, AA would not be around today, and most of us would be dead or locked up...
Thank you, Phil. But I am not a stranger to BBS. You see, I came to AA in September of 2003 as a Christian (ordained clergyman-as Steve pointed out) who had...
"I was also told that the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, taken with a sponsor who had taken them, one at a time, in order would allow me to find that God of...
... But it is an option that Alcoholics Anonymous offers: "Though the family has no religious connections, they may wish to make contact with or take...
Many thanks to Bill & Steve and Mike. You Guys are fantastic! ... From: Bill Triebe <bill_triebe@...> Subject: [BBS_Open_Discussion] Re: spiritual in...
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...
I believe you confuse the logical order of taking the Steps with the rapidity with which we take them. We do not do Step Nine until we have done the first...
Yes Mike, you are right! We did Step 8, not Step 9, when we took inventory. Of course, for many of us, more additions for this list happened during Step...
LOL no you're not wondering Bill and you know it. You're preaching from the pulpit again. And which of the "religions" do you want AA to push folks to? I'v e ...
I'm Jewish and went to see my rabbi when I was into the disease. while I did his ear and some good advice it didn't do the trick. however after years in...
LOL I had his ear. he listened, just didn't understand. "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -Ralph...
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