How often have we heard people speak of "working on their defects of character" and why should we wonder about that statement? Your responses are appreciated. ...
Hey Jim, How about because God removes our defects because lack of power is our delimma and we can't fix them ourselves. another jim ... From: "Jim K."...
Jims, Don't I have to be a willing participant in the removal process by taking better actions and practicing better thinking too ...I mean with the help of...
Jims, Sometimes when people say that they are"working on their character defects" it seems as if they are excusing their on-going behavior. It sometimes seems...
I would have to say that the antithesis of living in God's will is living in our defects - that is to say if we honestly strive to live a spiritual life then...
Jim, Powerfully said! Clarity is SWEET! Thank you. Tammy "Jim K." <jknyc@...> wrote: I would have to say that the antithesis of living in God's will is...
Hi Tammy, My take on this is that in order for us to do God's will we must be made fit for his service and our defects get removed to the extent necessary for...
Jim! Thank you!!!! For the past half hour I have been trying to make sense about a perplexing situation in my life. I opened up my email and here is the answer...
Jim, Perfect sense! Focusing on my defects and all of the things that I am encapable of doing on my own, is who I was in my alcoholism. That mindset made me...
One of the phrases often repeated in AA is that we somehow make a choice of whether or not we will drink that day. I am someone who does not have the power of...
I'd be concerned because by NOT working on my defects, I can let step aside as my life and will is cared for by God. Working on my defects is the evidence that...
No matter how badly I hurt, how badly I hurt others, there was no amount of remorse, sorrow or conviction which could keep me from once again taking that next...
<<And often we'll here how "powerless over my defects" a member is when it is really an abdication of responsibility for one's behavior.>> Jim K Similar to...
<<And often we'll here how "powerless over my defects" a member is when it is really an abdication of responsibility for one's behavior.>> Jim K Similar to...
Karen, This popped up from one Big Book search engine. Another BB search engine contained NO words "surrender"!!! I was like,"WHAT???" this is what I found:...
Karen, According to that search engine, the word "surrender" does not appear in the basic text? That can't be right! Can it? W/ Gratitude, Tammy Tammy Cook...
Karen, I did a search at the Big Book search engine and in the first 164 pages the word surrender doesn't appear AT ALL ! ! Who'd a thunk it? The word...
Linda, That's what I thought! It blew my mind to find that out! Linda <soberlady@...> wrote: Karen, I did a search at the Big Book search engine and...
I couldn't find it with my E-AA program. Amazing! I thought some of you might be interested in the website I downloaded E-AA (and paid $10 for) a very cool ...
OK, so... hmmmm... it's interesting that we hear a word so frequently around the rooms of AA that doesn't even appear in the first 164 pages of our basic text,...
Good work Karen, got us looking now.... defeat 11:3:5 Like myself, he had admitted complete defeat. 113:3:4 Defeat seemed certain. defeated 42:0:5 I had never...
Cool, Jay! So... what's the difference between surrendering and being defeated? If I surrender, I waive a white flag. I get out while the gettin's good. I'm...
It doesn't. It was probably to "Oxford Groupy" for Bill to use the term directly as he was trying very hard to distance the AA Fellowship from being closely ...
Hi Honey, I think the difference is that we get defeated by something and we surrender to something. Defeat is something that happens to us and surrender is ...
Here Ya go Karen, I loooove that BB Search Engine: ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Search Results Found 5 matches for "defeat". ... Chapter 1. BILL'S STORY page 11 Like...
Thanks, Jim! That is the PERFECT explanation of the difference between these two concepts. ... surrender ... is ... defeated? ... good. I'm ... my losses ... ...
The very title of this group implies a lot. The word recovered is a very UN-popular word in the rooms of AA. Yet all though the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous...
Hi everyone Beth here, Recovered from a seemingless hopeless state of mind and body. Seems I aready know a fair number of you. :>) Glad to be able to join you...
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