Good morning!***Here's a good exercise for Chapter 4. Read through and count how many times the word "prejudice" in it's various forms appears. Also count...
Good Morning Everyone! Appendix II - "The Spiritual Experience" is found on page 567."The terms "spiritual experience" and "spiritual awakening" are used many...
Good morning! We can gain some insight into the writing of the book through an examination of the original text (pre-publication "Multilith") in conjunction...
Good Morning! Beginning on Page 59, paragraph 1, we'll continue to examine the text as originally written to see the changes made before the first edition of...
Good Morning, everyone!Paragraph 2 on page 60 - original text in (parenthesis) and my editorial notes in [brackets]: "Our description of the alcoholic, [found...
Hi Jim I'm Tony an alcoholic from Chicago. My home group Always Beginners 1,2,3 How are you? ... Hi Jim I'm Tony an alcoholic from Chicago. My home group...
'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....
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...
i have not gone to meetings in the past few months since I met an alcoholic and have been tied up with him. Have I sacrificed my sobriety? I think so, can I...
... alcoholic and have been ... do something about it? ... It sounds as if the honeymoon is over and you are looking to re-connect with your AA family. Help is...
What has worked for me (REALLY!) is: Reading the BB Sponsorship/being a sponsee Working the steps Going to meetings and, prayer Realization: I am not...
Which is why I won't go near anyone who is in the sauce...unless it is to carry the message, and I mean the one in the BB.  Tracy  ... From: doorgunner_joe...
... wrote: i have not gone to meetings in the past few months since I met an alcoholic and have been tied up with him. Have I sacrificed my sobriety? I think...
NICE!  The will of God will never take me where the grace of God will not protect me. Teresa Edwards ________________________________ From: rhinebeck2007...
Dear friend who has "not gone to meetings in the past few months since I met an alcoholic, etc. . . . " I really doubt that your alcoholic friend has anything...
Good Morning everyone! We're at Paragraph 3 on page 64 - "Resentment is the number one offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else." Again we see...
Good morning! We are filling out the third column of the first of four parts of our 4th Step inventory. The four parts are:1. Resentments2. Fears3. Sexual...
http://www.xa-speakers.org/pafiledb.php?action=file <http://www.xa-speakers.org/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=2476> &id=2476 Dear 4D members and Friends, The...
Page 74 has us to tell all our 'life story' to a closed mouth, understanding friend, which these days, I would hope, would be our AA sponsor. In earlier...
Thank you Robert for you concise description of the sponor's role and the recommendations from the Big Book for the way the 4th Step ought to be done. My own...
Note: our next post will be on Tuesday due to Monday's President's Day Holiday Good Morning, everyone! We are at page 72 - Chapter 6 "Into Action" - and we're...
So how do we fix this, I have been bemoaning the condition for several years since I have lived in the area which I live now before that I lived in NYC which...
In a perfect world, we have strong sponsors and willing and honest and sometimes even desperate sponsees. But its not a perfect world. Pretty much why we find...
I was directed to read Tradition Two in the 12x12, paying particular attention to the transformation of an elder statesman. Remi ... From: sipowitz110...
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Hi All, Chris here, Alcoholic. My observation has been; Dr Bob"s 3) Help others.... Mike observes: has been lost in the transmission of the program. Have we...
Dear rhinebeck2007, I returned to my hometown to find 'group therapy' atmosphere prevalent at most of our local AA meetings. One can often sit through an...
. A famous monk writer, Thomas Merton, advises: “Speak the truth and let it take care of itself, it doesn’t need you to defend it. When you try to uphold...
When I hit out-of town meetings, I try to make it to a BB Study. I found that groups with quality recovery have BB Studies and lots of participation. I...