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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...
Karen
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Jul 1, 2005
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Hello all In this chapter is something I have been thinking about. It´s the text on page 181: "Unlike most of our crowd, I did not get over my cravings for...
soberfinn
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Jul 1, 2005
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Paul, Well, He did say," Unlike most of our crowd,..." I took it to mean that his experience is an unusually long time. For me, I got relief within a short...
Tammy Cook
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Jul 1, 2005
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"Unlike most of our crowd, I did not get over my cravings for liquor much during the first two and onehalf years of abstinence...." Interesting... I got over...
trish&jack
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Jul 1, 2005
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We've just completed our last cycle and it's time to start the cycle again. The next cycle begins Tuesday morning, July 5. Each weekday morning at or about...
Karen
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Jul 1, 2005
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I too got over the cravings quickly, and they have not returned YET, . It seemed to take forever to do the 4th and 5th steps but, once done I got rid of most...
Donna Knight
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Jul 2, 2005
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Hi everyone, just a quick howdy from the International Convention in Toronto. Jim says hi. He nabbed us some great seats at the stadium and the opening...
Danny S
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Jul 2, 2005
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Something else that just now struck me about this line is that he is talking about "cravings". He says,"Unlike most of our crowd, I did not get over my...
Tammy Cook
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Jul 2, 2005
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That's awesome! We want details when you get home! Danny S <dschwarzhoff@...> wrote:Hi everyone, just a quick howdy from the International...
Tammy Cook
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It is worth noting that although Dr Bob claims to have had "craving" for alcohol. His depiction is not the "craving" (physical allergy) which comes AFTER...
Danny S
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Jul 2, 2005
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Hi, Paul, I think a part of it is that we are all different. For some folks, that obsession with drink vanishes rather quickly, for others, it does not. Dr....
Bill Triebe
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Jul 2, 2005
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I really wish you'd rethink this theory of yours Bill. You're saying our mental wellness is contignet upon the physical. You ought to put a disclaimer at the...
Danny S
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Jul 2, 2005
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If the obsession is the insane thoughts and actions that precede the first drink and the craving is what happens after we put the first drink in us... M aybe...
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Jul 2, 2005
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but he DIDN"T say desire--he said craving.i have noticed that some members like to "correct" the Big book--inserting their versions of words to make it suit...
Chris Cherrie
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Jul 2, 2005
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i think the physical craving passed first--and relatively quickly.im not sure when the mental obsession passed. i just know that one day (having been working...
Chris Cherrie
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Jul 2, 2005
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I was at my usual meeting this morning! My great grand sponsor,and grand sponsor were celebrating 26, 24 yrs respectively. My f2f sponsor was in attendance...
trish&jack
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Paul, Perhaps the urge/compulsion to drink was lifted by a "power greater than ourselves". In my own experience I know I had been raised in a Southern Baptist...
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Jul 2, 2005
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Before we fully accepted and admitted we were alcoholic, we were moving from denial through an appraisal stage to wholly conceding we were alcoholic. Could the...
david jones
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Jul 2, 2005
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John, I definitely wondered why God didn't answer my prayers and take the obsession to drink away. I, too realise that I needed to be humbled too, and...
trish&jack
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Jul 2, 2005
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On rereading what I wrote, you are absolutely correct, Danny! Was "too quick on the fingers" on this one, and did not engage my brain! *sigh* (Bill picks up...
Bill Triebe
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Jul 2, 2005
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... Or how a word was used when they wrote it. Some words that Dr. Bob, Bill W and their contemporaries in the 1930's used that do carry a different (or other)...
Bill Triebe
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Jul 2, 2005
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In England, when I was growing up, we kept a pot under the bed!!!!! Or maybe a little potty!!!...
trish&jack
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Jul 2, 2005
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Dude! ....YOU take off that cap right now and get back over here! I told you.... that the place goes to hell without ya!!!! Love, Tammy Bill Triebe...
Tammy Cook
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Jul 3, 2005
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lol...good example Trish. In romance novels, their called chamber pots, huh? trish&jack <rosebud222@...> wrote:In England, when I was growing up, we kept a...
Tammy Cook
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Jul 3, 2005
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HI, Tammy! I took my "pooter" over to the "corner." Still have my "cap" on, though. After rereading my reply to Paul, I realize not only did I not make myself...
Bill Triebe
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Jul 3, 2005
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Bill, This is the point I thought you were trying to make. A great point that you always help me to remember when you post here, Bill. "Dr. Bob points out the...
Tammy Cook
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Jul 3, 2005
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I just want to say Happy sober 4th. The first time I'm having a sober party. I wish you all the best!!! ...MaryTeri.....
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Jul 4, 2005
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Hi All, Have a happy 4th of July, no resentments LOL. God bless Dave, England -- For great tones, games and other mobile content visit www.partymob.com/amstrad...
david jones
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Jul 4, 2005
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Mary, Happy Sober 4th to you too an all members of the discussion group. I have invited some friends in the program over for BBQ tomorrow too. Hope your and...
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Jul 4, 2005
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Thank you Mary! Bless your heart! so many "firsts" this year for you. Firsts are awesome!!!! So are seconds and thirds....especially when it's BBQ'ed ribs !!!...
Tammy Cook
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