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...
Jim, I hope you don't mind a small historical point... Jim the used car salesmand did not go to a treatment center, as you indicated by putting those words in...
Post for Friday, May 2nd. (I'm not at the office tomorrow) Today we are at Chapter 4 - We Agnostics, Page 44. We should start by defining some terms....
I understand your point & why you feel that might be helpful, Jim. However, around here we would usually advise approaching that person one-on-one in an...
Good morning all! ***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...
More on "cross-talk": More often than not it isn't "newcomers" in the traditional sense of the word that have a closed mind regarding feedback at meetings - ...
This chapter was so instrumental in clearing away my "prejudices" and "old ideas" about how I felt about God. Being a life long atheist before my first...
Good morning! Appendix II - "The Spiritual Experience" is found on page 569. "The terms "spiritual experience" and "spiritual awakening" are used many times in...
Good morning! We can gain insight into the writing of the book through an examination of the original text (pre-publication "Multilith") in conjunction with...
Good Morning everyone! Beginning on Page 59, paragraph 1, we'll continue to examine the text as originally written to see the changes made before the first ...
Several years ago (4) I relapsed, while attnending meetings for two years. That night in my bed, I reached a moment where I knew death seemed the only way out....
... From what I've been told, or read, Bill (after disagreeing vehemently at time) eventually came around to going along with the Akron- NY "editorial...
Good Morning, everyone! Paragraph 2 on page 60: "Our description of the alcoholic, [found in the Doctor's Opinion and Chapter 3 - More About Alcoholism] the...
'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 very much "Jim K" for todays BBS Study. I really enjoyed it! "Jim K." <jknyc@...> wrote:'Morning everyone :) We are on page 62, Paragraph 3....
Good morning, everyone! We are at the bottom of page 63, last paragraph: "Next we launched out on a course of vigorous action, the first step of which is a...
In the guise of a commercial inventory an interesting thread about Steps 3, 4 and 5 is going on at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AA_Beginners_By_The_Book ...
I am sending this message to all who may be interested in the Big Book Comes Alive with Jim and Dave Big Book Seminar in Latrobe, PA October 10-12, 2003: The...
Please let me know if you ever put one on it Texas. Cheryl C 10/16/01 Expect a Miracle !!! ... From: Jim K [mailto:jknyc@...] Sent: Tuesday, May 13,...
Good morning all! [Back from vacation!] We're at Paragraph 3 on page 64 - "Resentment is the number one offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything...
We'd love to put one on in Texas. How about if you round up a bunch of like minded people and plan an event together? Dave and I are more than willing... Jim ...
We'd love to do a seminar in MA. Maybe you should get some people together and organize one. The next seminar that is close to MA is in VT next May at The...
Cheryl, Where are you in Texas? I'm in Blanco (actually 8 miles south). I believe Dave is in the Dallas area. It would be great if we could get Jim and Dave...
I am in Victoria TX. I would love to go to a convention from them but just don’t have the time or know how to even start one. Cheryl C 10/16/01 Expect a...
Good Morning! We are filling out the third column of the first of four parts of our 4th Step inventory. The four parts are: 1. Resentments 2. Fears 3. Sexual...
The number of people who need to be there is determined, mainly, by the costs of presenting a Big Book Study. The presentation costs are the combined cost of...
Craig- In general it either runs from Saturday morning through lunch time on Sunday or it begins with an evening session on Friday and runs to lunchtime on...
Good Morning, everyone! We are at page 72 - Chapter 6 "Into Action" - and we're about to embark on our discussion of the 5th Step! "Having made our personal...