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...
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...
Jim, Thank you and thank you Karen for your service on this board. Picked up two new pigeons. Going to "Suggest" they sign on for the BB Study part to receive...
The next cycle begins today! 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...
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 Morning, Thank you Jim for the effort and time invested in this study group. I don't tell you enough that I appreciate . I especially love the way you ...
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...
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...
Good morning! First, let’s answer the question posted yesterday concerning "Pot" in the Big Book. Here it is, on the old doggerel--the way Bill remembered it...
We're at the top of page 8, paragraph 1: "No words can tell of the loneliness and despair I found in that bitter morass of self-pity. Quicksand stretches...
Good morning everyone! 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 the beginning...
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...
Step Two: "Came to believe that that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity." Here are a few, hopefully non-contradictory, concepts on the...
Good morning! 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 effective...
I do not believe that the Step Two 'willingness' amounts to very much if not followed by the action of Step Three in a timely manner. The ABCs amount to "I...
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...
Only problem with that line of thinking is the fact that Step # is NOT and action step. It is a decision step. Simple analogy. If there are three frogs...
Dear Friend, The frog you mentioned was not experiencing a DECISION - he was merely experiencing an INTENTION! DECISION minus ACTION equals INTENTION. Bob S. ...
Good Morning all! Paragraph 2 - Page 35: "Jim the car salesman" is example number 2 of alcoholic insanity. Reading through paragraph 3 on this page: "We told...
Good Morning and welcome back! Today we are at Chapter 4 - We Agnostics, Page 44. We should start by defining some terms. "Agnostic" is comprised of two parts:...
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...
HI Everybody My one of the good friend from aa visited me today. he was in a problem whose solution was only time. As i was not able to calculate and judge...
... In my humble opinion prayer is another word for talking (meditation is another word for listening). When I talk to God I usually ask for his help and...
Sometimes the most simple prayers can be enormously effective. I often pray: “Help me God,” or “Be with me God,” and as of recent, I have learned to...
I count six times. Prejudice: to prejudge; "Contempt prior to investigation" to use part of the quote from appendix to the Big Book, "Spiritual Experience". ...
Good Morning Everyone! Appendix II - "The Spiritual Experience" is found on page 567. "The terms "spiritual experience" and "spiritual awakening" are used many...
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