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...
Good Morning ! We are beginning at the bottom of page 145. Reading through to page 148, there are many ideas that have been adopted by industry in general...
Step 12 excerpt: ". . . as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, . . ." Note that the wording is this message; not this is...
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 have learned much...
"Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our...
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 - 293 Central Park West...
Good Morning, everyone! Dr. Bob's Nightmare is the first of the personal stories on page 171. Page 165 is interesting however. This is the Section Heading...
The next cycle begins tomorrow! The details: There are several Big Book Studies that I have been running for several years now. Here are the details: 1. The...
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...
... I agree, but in todays fast paced "I want it NOW" world mixed with "Alternative" religions/beliefs, it makes it difficult to get some of them to accept the...
I agree, but in todays fast paced "I want it NOW" world mixed with "Alternative" religions/beliefs, it makes it difficult to get some of them to accept the...
Perhaps in the day of court mandated attendance and a more go along get along attitude with chanting and hand holding some of the message is now lost in the...
I've been to a few meetings where someone will pull out a bible and begin to tell others that they must "accept Jesus Christ as their personal savior", and...
Spiritual Kindergarten We are only operating a spiritual kindergarten in which people are enabled over drinking & find the grace to go on living to better...
... The 75% recovery rate is the big myth brought forth with an agenda that AA has gone to hell in a handbasket. If we're going to stick to the text, the...
AA may not have gone to "hell in a handbasket" but it is certainly not the AA of early years. Let's just take the 50% figure from the Forward to the Second...
... Respectfully, I think my point may have been missed. I have been continiously sober in three cities, and while the recovery rate is nowhere near 100% or...
I agree with you. If we take the steps; get over, with the assistance of a Power Greater than ourselves, to the best of our ability, the selfishness that...
Good morning everyone! Let's turn to page xi, the Preface to the Third Edition, and look at paragraph #2. This book is identified as "the basic text for our...
Good morning everyone, and welcome to those who have just joined us! Turning to page xv and reading through to the end of the foreword to the second edition,...
Good day to all. This appeared in "The Writer's Almanac" with Garrison Keillor email for today. Nice little reminder and a little spreading of the word to...
Ed, Â I followed the crumbs and signed up for Facebook. How do I locate the Big Book area? The link you sent me drops me into a "compose mail" screen with no...
Thank you to Jim and Karen for your work on this site. It is hard to go wrong if we stick to the straight message out of the Big Book and not redesign and...
Good morning everyone! We're still on page xvii of the foreword to the second edition. The book describes two centers of activity around 1936. AA's group...
Jim K wrote: "The Doctor's Opinion - page xxiii (page xxv in the 4th Edition) was originally found on page 1 of the main text in 1939 when the first edition of...
Good morning! Welcome back! While we continue to study the forewords and the Doctor's Opinion, remember that we are using the 4th Edition. (The page numbering...
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