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 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 everyone! We're at Page 30 - Chapter 3, "More (Truth) About Alcoholism". This is where we will discuss, in depth, the state of...
One of those little "coincidences" we so often experience. I was born in Santa Monica, CA and lived most of my life there and in California. I am now a...
When I was new, one of the important "actions," that Mike mentioned, was going to coffee shops after the meetings. This was THE PRACTICE, at least in Santa...
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...
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...
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...
From our 4D Intro to the Big Book session: One of the lessons we empathize at all our Richmond, Indiana, Big Book Step Study meetings, is that BB knowledge...
Good morning everyone! <Yesterday, Armisitice Day (Today's Vetran's Day) marks the 75th anniversary of the beginning of Bill's last drunk - which lasted for a...
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...
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 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...
Page xvi from the FORWARD TO THE SECOND EDITION states “Though he could not accept all the tenets of the Oxford Groups, he was convinced of the need for: ü...
I apologize for the Netlog post. Evidently my address book was hacked. This did not come from me. I would never send such a message on purpose.  ...
Paul writes: "I have learned that it is dangerous for me to look for something "between the lines" that perhaps actually is not there." Bob replies: Yes, I...
Hi Bob (Bob S.) I enjoy, and learn from, your posts here. It lightens up the routine for me. (This is not my first round in this BBS group.) But please,...
District 40 presents a: History of AA Seminar This Saturday, November 7th, 2009 1:00 pm till 5:00 pm 228 Club, 228 South 6th Street Richmond, IN 47374 765...
Four Founding Moments Of AA: Bill W. tells us "The Spark that was to flare into the first AA Group was struck in Akron, Ohio, in June 1935. . . ," yet, the...
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,...
Turn to page xiii, the Foreword to the First Edition. The first paragraph is where we want to draw our attention. Bill realized that there is strength in the...
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...
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...
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...
Reverend Sam Shoemaker was Bill Wilson's spiritual mentor from his earliest days of Sobriety. He was head of the Oxford Group for the entire United States!...
The Title Page states: "How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism" - this was really new news for me after the import of this ...
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...
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...
Bill's writing style often goes like this: "First he tells you what he is going to tell you, then he tells you, then he tells you what he has just got through...
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