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...
Good morning! ***As a reminder - there will be no post on Friday due to the Independance Day holiday. Post #17 will appear on Monday.*** Appendix II - "The...
Good morning! We can gain some insight into the writing of the book through an examination of the original text (pre-publication "Multilith") in conjunction...
Good Morning and Welcome back everyone! Beginning on Page 59, paragraph 1, we'll continue to examine the text as originally written to see the changes made...
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...
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...
Good morning all! We're at Paragraph 3 on page 64 - "Resentment is the number one offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else". Again we see it...
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...
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...
Good morning everyone! We are on Page 75. Paragraph 2 on this page includes the 5th Step promises: "Once we have taken this step, witholding nothing, we are...
Good Morning Everyone! Before we get started I wanted to thank my friend Karen for filling in for me yesterday. I was deeply involved in a Memorial dedication ...
Welcome everyone and good morning! Let's read through starting from the bottom of page 76 - at the top of page 77 we find out what our purpose is: "Our real...
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...
Hi, Happy Tuesday and Welcome to our new members! Although it seems like we're running through the Steps, keep in mind that in this chapter alone we cover...
Good Mornin' all! Page 85, Paragraph 1 - While we have recovered from alcoholism: "We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve...
Welcome back 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,...
Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! Chapter 7 starts on page 89. It is dedicated in its entirety to Step 12. "Having had a spiritual awakening as the...
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....
Good morning everyone! "Chapter 8 - To Wives" begins on page 104. My comments are somewhat limited on this chapter, both here and at the face to face weekend ...
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...
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 ...
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...
Good Mornin' all- We are beginning at the bottom of page 145. Reading through to page148, there are many ideas that have been adopted by industry in general...
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 are aware of the...
Our Big Book Study's next cycle will get under way this Friday - August 8th. Pass on our link to those who would benefit from our daily newsletter style study...
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 at 293 Central Park...
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...
Welcome everyone! We've just completed our last cycle and we will start from the Title page and work our way through to Doctor Bob's story once again. The next...