Thank you Sherry. My year is starting off very well too. On Sunday I flew back to California as my daughter has recovered enough to come home. She has quite...
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Maryann Willis
delta_dawn63
Jan 2, 2008 6:06 am
Thank you Sherry. My year is starting off very well too. On Sunday I flew back to California as my daughter has recovered enough to come home. She has quite...
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hartsell
sherry_c_h
Jan 2, 2008 6:27 am
You certainly have my understanding Maryann, and I can empathize with the conflict you must experience living far from your daughter, but it is good to have...
5069
denialblamed
Jan 5, 2008 11:38 pm
I was linked here by a very learned from. I set up the website www.blamedenial.co.uk I love all the work the Baldwin Research Institute does. Thanks for...
5070
denialblamed
Jan 5, 2008 11:45 pm
oops friend* James G...
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Kenny
shelby4ken
Jan 6, 2008 2:42 am
Hi Welcome James, I've met a few people who have worked at the Baldwin Institute on line and
spoke to a couple on the phone. I'm not aware of what they do...
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Nick Gill
turandottiness
Jan 8, 2008 9:06 am
Dear GSOWatch members, I beg your indulgence for introducing an article I came across today, which has given me much food for thought. It has excited me to...
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Antara
antaraaaa
Jan 8, 2008 4:12 pm
So are you a member of AA Nick? I read some of the stuff on yer baldwin site and it was interesting, ty M. ... From: Nick Gill <nickgill@...> To:...
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Teemu
heilala513
Jan 8, 2008 6:46 pm
Hello, I am thinking what is the right translation of the 9th step (Finnish). "Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would...
5076
ianperry
austral_ian17
Jan 8, 2008 7:29 pm
hello, I believe that direct , in this case means,personaly with the other, face to face not through some other means as a letter or message through another...
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Al C.
gsowatch
Jan 8, 2008 8:26 pm
Hi Teemu and Ian, I think Ian is correct in his interpretation. That being said, there ARE cases (“whenever possible”), that direct amends can’t be...
5078
bbfreeaa
Jan 8, 2008 10:33 pm
Important note. It says "wherever possible" not "whenever";. The directions are very clear in the Big Book on timing, how to proceed, I am not an "other" as...
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Dennis
gratefuldenn...
Jan 8, 2008 11:41 pm
My sponsor told me that we become entirely willing in the 8th Step and that God provides the means in the 9th Step. My own experience is that means were ...
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Dennis
gratefuldenn...
Jan 9, 2008 12:21 am
Hi Nick; Thanks for sharing this but it made my brain hurt. I can tell a lot of work and analysis went into this report in an effort to continue our mass...
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Mike
tuswecaoyate
Jan 9, 2008 1:39 am
Thanks for the thoughtful post, Dennis. Just one question - is the 3.5 million new arrivals/year arrived at by extrapolation or is it a published number you...
5082
johng12fellow
Jan 9, 2008 2:41 am
Placing money in a church collection basket as amend for stealing from the poor box = indirect. Meeting with the pastor, confessing the crime and replacing the...
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Dennis
gratefuldenn...
Jan 9, 2008 3:32 am
Hi Mike; ... published number you have seen somewhere? < Sorry if it wasn't clear-that number is the new alcoholics each year based on 5% of the population...
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Dennis
gratefuldenn...
Jan 9, 2008 3:36 am
Very good John, putting it in an easy context to understand. Peace, Dennis M. ... From: johng12fellow To: GSOwatch@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 08,...
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Al C.
gsowatch
Jan 9, 2008 3:48 am
LOL Bill, I was tempted to reply “whatever”. For ME, the meaning was there. I do apologize for the mis-quote, and thank you for the correction. G’...
5086
johng12fellow
Jan 9, 2008 7:43 am
The count of AA members published in the BB with each printing is reliable ONLY for the USA and Canada - the only places AAGSB Inc. the owner of publisher of...
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Teemu
heilala513
Jan 9, 2008 5:48 pm
Hello, Thank you for your answers. Teemu Jyvaskyla, Finland...
5088
bbfreeaa
Jan 9, 2008 6:22 pm
This one is still a hot topic with lots of variables and interpretations to be considered. Another one to throw in the mix is "competition" for the drunk's...
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Enrique Montes
ejmontes
Jan 9, 2008 7:15 pm
Hi folks: About Dennis post: ................ The good news is AA like Seccion Mexico who adheres to our spiritual principles has grown from 1,500 groups to...
5090
johng12fellow
Jan 9, 2008 7:20 pm
Bill... when the finger is pointed--- well you know rhe rest of that phrase. The Traditions were invented as a means of preserving AA as its author saw it....
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Dennis
gratefuldenn...
Jan 10, 2008 12:52 am
Hi Bill; You wrote; ... This has been happening for some time now. In 1982-83 our local H & I Intergroup lost many of the Treatment Facilities because of the...
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Mike
tuswecaoyate
Jan 10, 2008 2:41 pm
Imagine if Mensa, the high IQ society, decided to allow anyone to join as a means of increasing membership and revenues, while pretending that allowing the...
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Mike
tuswecaoyate
Jan 10, 2008 2:44 pm
Speaking of Mensans, are you still out there somewhere Raymond? You lit this board up like a pinball machine, then became very quiet. Mike ... help ... tests ...
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Gary Becktell
garkb
Jan 10, 2008 3:39 pm
Wonderful! Now add that since those that join under false pretenses don't need the Mensa program, they steadily change it to suit their own needs, thus leaving...
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Mike
tuswecaoyate
Jan 10, 2008 3:48 pm
Hey, Gary, I'm glad my analogy hit home, and thanks for carrying it out to its logical conclusions. The accuracies in the telling of it are border-line scary....
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Dennis
gratefuldenn...
Jan 18, 2008 10:36 am
Hi Enrique; Thanks for the clarification on the number of groups. My friend in Seccion Mexico also agreed with those figures. I was wondering if the number of ...
