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...
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 ...
Good morning everyone, 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 we...
Good morning everyone! We're still on page xvii of the foreword to the second edition. They describe two centers of activity around 1936. AA's group number 3 ...
Good morning! 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...
Mornin' everyone! First, let's answer that question posted yesterday concerning "Pot" in the Big Book. Here it is, on the old doggerel--the way Bill remembered...
Good morning and a Happy Good Friday to everyone! We're at the top of page 8, Paragraph 1: "No words can tell of the loneliness and despair I found in that ...
Last notice of our upcoming Big Book Study weekend! We have about 50 people signed up - hope to have you join us while we still have space available! On April...
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...
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...
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...
Welcome back everyone- 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 ...
Good Morning! Paragraph 2 - Page 35: "Jim the car salesman" is example number 2 of alcoholic insanity. Reading through paragraph 3 on this page: "We told him...
Good Morning! Today we are at Chapter 4 - We Agnostics, Page 44. We should start by defining some terms. "Agnostic" is comprised of two parts - "Ag" which is...
Good morning all! And a BIG Thanks! to our friend Karen for posting the study while I was at The Wilson House... ***Here's a good exercise for Chapter 4. Read...
Good Morning Everyone! Appendix II - "The Spiritual Experience" is found on page 569. "The terms "spiritual experience" and "spiritual awakening" are used many...
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 everyone! Beginning on Page 59, paragraph 1, we'll continue to examine the text as originally written to see the changes made before the first ...
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 everyone! We're at Paragraph 3 on page 64 - "Resentment is the number one offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else." Again we see...
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 includes the 5th Step promises: "Once we have taken this step, withholding nothing, we are delighted. We...
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 -...
Welcome everyone and good morning! Let's start reading from the bottom of page 76. At the top of page 77, we find out what our purpose is: "Our real purpose is...
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...
Good morning to 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...
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...
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