Good morning, everyone! Hope you had a great weekend. We're still on page xvii of the Foreword to the Second Edition. They describe two centers of activity...
... those darn Roman "xxvvLLII" pages there is a wealth of info there heck even the front dust cover gives some valuable information on the Book and our...
Thanks Honey. As for the discussion topic I firmly believe the reason we don't have the same percentage numbers now that they had then in people staying sober...
"lee_100596" <lee_100596@...> wrote <snip> All the answers are in the collective voice of the Big Book supplemented by the collective experience of all...
Good morning all! We're at paragraph 1, page xxiv right after the first letter. "...the body of the alcoholic is quite as abnormal as his mind." This was a...
... do with ... ballgame ... and you ... aggree that it is all over and that is a problem and a cause for a lot of kids starting to drink...however if a person...
That's true enough, but unfortunately we live in an "instant society". A scociety built on instantaneous solutions and gratification. That is one of the...
This has been my issue in a word. Stick-to-it-nieveness. Great in the
sprint but not in the game in the long haul. First obstacle--bail out.. I am in it for...
Dear Lenny, Namaste. ... I'm going to disagree with you on one point, Lenny ... it may just be a matter of semantics, but I don't think that redoubling,...
-Each time this percentage thing comes up here on line or in meetings, I wonder how can one determine if it is or isn't. Early on with the small numbers of...
Hi it mattereda great deal to me! I knew i was NOT in the 50% and the second one,well maybe but "shows improvement" hell's bell's i was all for that. no...
... hi Lenny, i had to comment on the above statement..i have been recovered for a good many one day at a time,and i still KNOW i have an alcoholic mind. i do...
... i dont know who wrote this but thank you! isnt it scary how to do something with purpose has evolved into a negative thing? hmmmmmmmmm? Siski aki ===== ...
... hi 2rose, have you overcome some of the problem? care to share about it? i to have a stick to it ness problem the easier softer way of no risk to personal...
Hello I am George, and Alcoholic From Southern Florida. I like the way the BB is studied here I just joined in on the group, and have ben help with all the...
have I overcame some of the problem? I would like to say yes but this is day one. I have joined this group. I
have admitted I am an alcoholic. I have...
Good Morning! Bill's Story, page 1 - Bill's Story was put into the book as a means of identifying an example of the disease in action and the spiritual...
Please don't laugh to hard, but I thought the pot mentioned in that poem was
the pot in the bathroom you end up hugging when sick. Guess I was doing a
little...
Hi recently a lady in the Big Book study I attend gave each of us a copy of this article, I thought I'd share it........ God bless, Chris RESENT SOMEBODY The...
Hi All, My name is Mark and I'm a real alcoholic. It seems to me the primary reason that the percentages are so poor today is that a lot of people believe they...
Hello, Mark. My name is Glenna and I am a real alcoholic too. But I needed the "so called living sober houses." And I got sober by the first 164 pages of the...
... WAHOO! ... Siski aki me too! ===== When I observe a moment,I will endlessly have a new day. __________________________________________________ Do You...
It beats the 'projectiling' we used to do - at that 'pot'! ... poem was ... doing a ... before ... trout ... out ... the ... small ... you ... the ... his ......
