Wow, this is much more like it - especially the long discussion about Hank and Bill. I can relate so well because I have a lot of trouble keeping my finances...
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...
Danny, My youngest son's best costume was one that he came up with quite on his own... He came down to go trick or treating with a box of Cheerios that had...
Distracting themselves. I came to accept that I had a problem, I came to accept that I was alcoholic, I came to accept that I was going to tackle my drinking....
Danny wrote: <<Theres no finish line in AA.>> I've often heard; "you don't graduate from AA". I have always disagreed with that statement as well as yours...
Des wrote: <<I am having major difficulty in coming to terms that I will ever be 'recovered ' from this illness. I hear of so many relapses and I have ...
Why? Are you planning to drink after you're dead Steve? LOL. I have no plan to give up spirituality after I'm dead. I hope theres more growth to do then too -...
Silkworth: "Hello... Silkworth here.>> Bill: "Hey Silky">> Silkworth: Billy my man.... Wassup dog!>> Bill: "Dude! That letter sucked, big time">> Silkworth: "...
ummmmmmmmmmm-yo dog, im not digging your rap fo' schizzle ... From: Danny S To: BBS_Open_Discussion@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 10:16 PM ...
Unrecovered: I have a lie in my head. I don't know it's there. I cannot see the truth in drink. It tells me it's OK to drink, so I drink. Recovering: I...
Good morning! We're at paragraph 1, page xxvi , right after the first letter. "...the body of the alcoholic is quite as abnormal as his mind." This was a...
Wow, VERY good. Thanks! ... I cannot see the truth in drink. It tells me it's OK to drink, so I drink. ... tells me it's OK to drink, but I fight it. Yes, No,...
William, So well put, crystal in clarity, even my dog (Pogues, my first sponsor) was impressed with that one. I have an understanding , at last , as to what...
Hi Jim, Yes, POT, I can give a qualified explanation here, we are referring to the Pot Bellied Pig of the Southern - Hemisphere re' a cure for alcoholism<...
At a meeting just last week the idea of 'what is an alcoholic?' came up. I spoke about what is on page 44: <<If, when you honestly want to, you find you cannot...
Your friend there obviously is no wordsmith. Not many of us are, but if the meeting topic was defining alcoholism and instead he wanted to talk about...
Mornin' everyone! First, let’s answer that question posted yesterday concerning "Pot" in the Big Book. Here it is, on the old doggerel--the way Bill...
Greetings all, The 'pint pot' is common is this country and in some 'pubs' 'ale houses = bars , customers have their own pint pots hanging up behind the bar...
Good morning everyone! 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....
Thank you for sharing this with me Pauleen, and I have sent this small prayer on to all those I know, in hopes they will send it on. Truly prayer is a...
Thank you Donna. I believe that God works through people who are open to Him, to hear and to receive His will. This is precisely what I needed to hear today,...
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Hi Karen, So glad you enjoyed that 350+yrs old poem,maxim,adage or what-ever you want to call it, just say the word and a flood-gate of 17th - 20th century...
You are welcome Terry, I believe that not for the WILL of God those of us here to spread the words of recovery and the works of God would fall by the wayside...
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...
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