Here's something I'll bet .25 cents no one ever heard: Tunk is a card game; a version of "Gin Rummy". Gin? Rummy? ... Peace, Danny S ... the clergyman Bill W...
Good morning everyone! Paragraph 2 on page 60 - original text in (parenthesis) and my editorial notes in [brackets]: "Our description of the alcoholic, [found...
Hello everyone, I'm confused with Jim's post this morning. I didn't know that step 2 came in 2 parts. Will someone here please clarify for me what he is trying...
Good morning everyone! The idea that I was responsible for my troubles was very difficult for me to grasp...and kept me very sick and very stuck for a very...
Here is my experience with it Craig: Many of us, myself included, speak of believing in God (part 1) but not necessarily believing that He would remove the...
Hi Craig, I took it to be not just a power greater than me, or a power greater than you, but a power greater than all 6 billion of us. ''He is the Father and...
Danny, Thanks. That makes sense. That's how I did the step also. I was agnostic as well. I've been in and out of A. A. for over twenty years and it is within...
Carol, I just love reading your posts! I'm so glad you are a part of this study. Bill teachable1188 <CGolferGirl@...> wrote: Good morning everyone! The idea...
I believed in God, Danny. But I also set him aside in favor of my will. I had been practicing part 1 of the second step for years, but I still kept drinking....
I guess me too Bill. But I didnt know a "step" from Shinola. <<so I ignored his existance round the clock.>> me In addendum: I still ignore His existance,...
Take it from me, Danny. Having your head in the clouds ain't all it's cracked up to be! When I have my "head in the clouds" for too long, I always end up...
Trish wrote: <<Yes, I was wondering where I had heard of "Tunks" before. It was the clergyman Bill W called when he looked at a church directory instead of ...
'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. First...
Thank you Jim. My car hasn't been running properly for the past few days. Like most alcoholics, I am confident that I can figure things out pretty well LOL,...
Bill.!!!....LOL!!! I step in dog sh*t all day long ....without the fun of having my head in the clouds! Bill Triebe <bill_triebe@...> wrote:Take it from...
Hello fellow trudgers, I've got a question for you. We all know that the shortest paragraph in the book is "It works, it really does" right? Now what is the...
Danny, thank you for sharing your story about your car. I love having analogies, especially about having a trusted mechanic who you turn your car over to. I...
Happy Thursday everyone! I was the poster child for "self will run riot"! If it was near me, I tried to control it! I was married to an abusive alcoholic for...
After reading these pages and finding out that i was a control freak wanting to run the whole show, as only the mentally ill would do. i decided to turn my...
Hey Trish...That story works with my old beater Chevy too! lol trish&jack <rosebud222@...> wrote:Danny, thank you for sharing your story about your car. I...
According to most people polled, the short sentence in the Big Book is: "Just don't drink". I think my edition is too old, I can't seem to find it. Peace, ...
I would say Craig that that's the shortest sentence. I can't find any shorter. But maybe. Just for another fun question, (or perhaps a little serious too)...
Hi Danny, Is it so we can carry the message? Unblocking ourselves, so that we may exercise our will to know His will, and be of maximum service to Him and our...
Paul tells me in 2Corinthians Chap. 12 about his 'thorn'...which really pained him...he asked God three times to remove it. God told him,"My grace is...
so we can be happy, joyous and free _____ From: BBS_Open_Discussion@yahoogroups.com [mailto:BBS_Open_Discussion@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Grant Moore Sent:...
Danny, Nope...That's why He relieves us of the bondage of self. Ha! You got us thinking Danny. Anyone who sponsors anyone needs to know these things! Its part...
Craig, You won't believe this, but I was half-heartedly flipping through the Big Book while riding along in the car today (I wasn't driving..lol) and found a...
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