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...
'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....
Page xx: "Of the ones who really tried 50% got sober at once and remained that way . . ." [emphasis mine] We hear this discussed quite often, and the usual...
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...
"Though our decision [Step 3] was a vital and crucial step, it could have no permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face, and to be...
"at once" I was shown how to begin to set on paper information to be used for step Four within a few minutes after praying the Third Step Prayer on page 63. I...
Thanks (again) Bob S. I "bookmarked" this mail and the atachment, for further use when the next sponsee shows up. And thanks for this group - I´m still "on...
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. Resentments 2. Fears 3. Sexual...
Good Morning, everyone! We are at page 72 - Chapter 6 "Into Action" - and we're about to embark on our discussion of the 5th Step! "Having made our personal...
"defects of character," "shortcomings," and "wrongs," he means the same thing - they are synonymous. I disagree with you in that character defects and...
Natalie, Please compare words “Defects of character” in the 7th Step Prayer (p. 76) to the use of the word “shortcomings” for Step 7 on page 59. The...
From the American Dictionary of the English Language: Synonymn: 1. A word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word or other words in a...
Good morning everyone! We are on Page 75. Paragraph 2 includes the 5th Step promises: "Once we have taken this step, withholding nothing, we are delighted. We...
Good Morning Everyone! Page 76 - Let's look at the first paragraph - believe it or not there is a prayer for the 6th Step too: "Can He now take them all -...
Thank you for sharing! ________________________________ From: Jim K <jknyc@...> To: BBS-Google <big-book-meeting@googlegroups.com>; BBS Open Discussion...
I continue to be amazed at the simplicity of the original Program...a spiritual idea and a program of action, my first sponsor told me when I first began this...
When Bill Wilson wrote the "Forward to the First Edition," he was obviously explaining to the general public what AA was about and how we are different than...
Robert, Thank you for the post. It is interesting that the word "honest" appears in the early wording of what became the Preamble, and I believe in the...
I was told the word "honest" was dropped because very few of us hand an honest anything when we came in. Most of us would not have known an honest thought if...
Not sure about that, but it sounds good. I will have to do some more research. Â Honest or honesty is mentioned three times in the first paragraph of Chapter...
Someone quipped: “Hope some bright person doesn't think we ought to remove these [Big Book words pertaining to honesty] 'cause it might scare away a...
Welcome back everyone! Let's read through starting from the bottom of page 76 and on to the top of page 77. Here is where we find out what our purpose is:...
Ted, you wrote: TED: "I don't think it's a different idea altogether, but very complimentary. The core of the program, as I see it, is one alcoholic talking...
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...
This is one reason I avoid "open discussion" meetings like the plague, which they may be -- the plague of weak AA and how it can infect newcomers with some...
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