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Good Morning Everyone! Page 76 - Let's look at the first paragraph - Believe it or not there is a prayer for the 6th Step too: "Can He now take them all - ...
Jim
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Oct 9, 2009
12:09 pm
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Welcome back everyone! Let's read through starting from the bottom of page 76 and on to the top of page 77. Here is where we find out what our purpose is: "Our...
Jim
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Oct 12, 2009
12:13 pm
8274
Good Morning! We are at the bottom of page 80. The next several paragraphs, through the end of paragraph 1 on page 82, deal with the problems associated with...
Jim
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Oct 13, 2009
11:35 am
8275
Good Morning everyone! Although it seems like we're running through the Steps, keep in mind that in this chapter alone we cover steps 5 through 10 -- a mere 16...
Jim
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Oct 14, 2009
12:10 pm
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Good Morning! Page 85, Paragraph 1 - While we have recovered from alcoholism: "We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve...
Jim
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Oct 15, 2009
11:48 am
8277
Good morning everyone! We're at Page 86, paragraph 2: "On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead...." we ask God to direct our thinking, ...
Jim
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Oct 16, 2009
11:48 am
8278
Good morning everyone! Chapter 7 starts on page 89. It is dedicated in its entirety to Step 12. "Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps,...
Jim
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Oct 19, 2009
11:47 am
8279
Good morning everyone! Let's go to page 100, last paragraph- "Assuming we are spiritually fit, we can do all sorts of things alcoholics are not supposed to do....
Jim
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Oct 20, 2009
3:30 pm
8280
Good morning everyone! Most of the comments on this chapter were written by my friend and co-moderator Karen- "Chapter 8 - To Wives" begins on page 104. There...
Jim
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Oct 21, 2009
12:05 pm
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Good Morning all! Today we will begin on page 122 - "The Family Afterward." The dynamics of a family that has endured alcoholism are skewed to the point where...
Jim
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Oct 22, 2009
11:50 am
8282
Good Morning everyone! We're at page 128 of Chapter 9 - "The Family Afterward." The reading from here through the bottom of page 130 centers on, for lack of a ...
Jim
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Oct 23, 2009
4:10 pm
8283
Good Mornin' all! Chapter 10 - To Employers begins on page 136. This chapter was written by Hank Parkhurst. Hank was one of the early New York members and a...
Jim
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Oct 26, 2009
12:01 pm
8284
Good Morning! We are beginning at the bottom of page 145. Reading through to page 148, there are many ideas that have been adopted by industry in general that...
Jim
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Oct 27, 2009
12:08 pm
8285
Good Morning! Chapter 11 - "A Vision for You" begins on page 151. If you have been following along with the study from the beginning, you have learned much...
Jim
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Oct 28, 2009
12:01 pm
8286
Good morning all! There are a great many places that have marked AA's early history. The Mayflower Hotel in Ohio is one. Towns Hospital - 293 Central Park West...
Jim
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Oct 29, 2009
12:22 pm
8287
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...
Jim
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Oct 30, 2009
11:15 am
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We've just completed our last cycle and it's time to start the cycle again. Each weekday morning at or about 8:00am Eastern Time, I will post the section of...
Jim
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Nov 3, 2009
1:01 pm
8289
Welcome everyone to the newest cycle of our Big Book Study! We'll be examining the book very closely throughout the coming weeks. It is important to note that...
Jim
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Nov 3, 2009
1:04 pm
8290
Good morning everyone! Let's turn to page xi, the Preface to the Third Edition, and look at paragraph #2. This book is identified as "the basic text for our ...
Jim
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Nov 4, 2009
12:00 pm
8291
Good morning everyone, and welcome to those who have just joined us! Turning to page xv and reading through to the end of the foreword to the second edition,...
Jim
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Nov 5, 2009
12:46 pm
8292
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 ...
Jim
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Nov 9, 2009
1:03 pm
8293
Good morning! Welcome back! While we continue to study the forewords and the Doctor's Opinion, remember that we are using the 4th Edition. (The page numbering ...
Jim
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Nov 10, 2009
12:53 pm
8294
Good morning! First, let's answer the question posted yesterday concerning "Pot" in the Big Book. Here it is, on the old doggerel--the way Bill remembered it...
Jim
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Nov 11, 2009
1:14 pm
8295
Good Morning everyone! <Yesterday (Armistice Day, today's Veteran's Day), 75 years ago, began Bill's last month of drinking. He stayed drunk for a month> We're...
Jim
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Nov 12, 2009
12:58 pm
8296
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...
Jim
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Nov 13, 2009
12:54 pm
8297
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...
Jim
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Nov 16, 2009
1:15 pm
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Good morning! Turning our books to Page 25, lets look at paragraph 2: "The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and effective...
Jim
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Nov 17, 2009
12:38 pm
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Good morning all! We're at Page 30 - Chapter 3, "More (Truth) About Alcoholism". This is where we will discuss--in depth--the state of mind that preceeds the...
Jim
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Nov 18, 2009
1:16 pm
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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
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Nov 19, 2009
12:30 pm
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Good morning and welcome back! Today we are at Chapter 4 - We Agnostics, Page 44. We should start by defining some terms. "Agnostic" is comprised of two parts:...
Jim
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