Happy Wednesday 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...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Sep 2, 2004 12:30 pm
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, ...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Sep 2, 2004 12:35 pm
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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Jim K.
sottovoice
Sep 7, 2004 3:00 pm
Good morning everyone, and I'm back! orry for late post - network is down at work - grrr! Chapter 7 starts on page 89. It is dedicated in its entirety to Step ...
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Karen
honey_dot_com
Sep 8, 2004 3:21 pm
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....
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Sep 9, 2004 11:27 am
Good morning everyone! (Thanks to Karen for stepping yesterday!) "Chapter 8 - To Wives" begins on page 104. My comments are somewhat limited on this chapter,...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Sep 10, 2004 11:22 am
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...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Sep 13, 2004 12:19 pm
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 ...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Sep 14, 2004 11:36 am
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...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Sep 15, 2004 11:44 am
Good Mornin' all- 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...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Sep 16, 2004 11:20 am
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...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Sep 17, 2004 1:01 pm
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...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Sep 20, 2004 12:24 pm
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...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Sep 20, 2004 7:30 pm
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...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Sep 21, 2004 11:25 am
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...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Sep 22, 2004 11:24 am
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 ...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Sep 23, 2004 12:32 pm
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...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Sep 24, 2004 12:12 pm
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 ...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Sep 27, 2004 12:27 pm
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...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Sep 28, 2004 11:30 am
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...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Sep 29, 2004 12:03 pm
Good morning everyone! We're at the top of page 8, Paragraph 1: "No words can tell of the loneliness and despair I found in that bitter morass of self-pity....
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Sep 30, 2004 12:51 pm
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...
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Karen
honey_dot_com
Oct 1, 2004 2:17 pm
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...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Oct 4, 2004 12:45 pm
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...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Oct 5, 2004 11:44 am
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 ...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Oct 6, 2004 11:24 am
Good Morning everyone! Paragraph 2 - Page 35: "Jim the car salesman" is example number 2 of alcoholic insanity. Reading through paragraph 3 on this page: "We ...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Oct 7, 2004 12:44 pm
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...
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Karen
honey_dot_com
Oct 8, 2004 12:17 pm
Good morning everyone! ***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...
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Karen
honey_dot_com
Oct 11, 2004 2:50 pm
Good Morning Everyone! Appendix II - "The Spiritual Experience" is found on page 567. "The terms "spiritual experience" and "spiritual awakening" are used many...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Oct 12, 2004 11:43 am
Good morning! (Thanks to Honey for helping out!) We can gain some insight into the writing of the book through an examination of the original text...
