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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...
Jim K.
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Sep 1, 2004
12:01 pm
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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 K.
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Sep 2, 2004
12:30 pm
6936
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...
Jim K.
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Sep 2, 2004
12:35 pm
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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 ...
Jim K.
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Sep 7, 2004
3:00 pm
6939
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....
Karen
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Sep 8, 2004
3:21 pm
6940
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,...
Jim K.
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Sep 9, 2004
11:27 am
6941
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 K.
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Sep 10, 2004
11:22 am
6942
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 K.
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Sep 13, 2004
12:19 pm
6943
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 K.
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Sep 14, 2004
11:36 am
6944
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...
Jim K.
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Sep 15, 2004
11:44 am
6945
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...
Jim K.
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Sep 16, 2004
11:20 am
6946
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...
Jim K.
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Sep 17, 2004
1:01 pm
6947
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 K.
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Sep 20, 2004
12:24 pm
6948
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...
Jim K.
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Sep 20, 2004
7:30 pm
6949
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 K.
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Sep 21, 2004
11:25 am
6950
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 K.
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Sep 22, 2004
11:24 am
6951
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...
Jim K.
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Sep 23, 2004
12:32 pm
6952
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 ...
Jim K.
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Sep 24, 2004
12:12 pm
6953
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...
Jim K.
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Sep 27, 2004
12:27 pm
6954
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...
Jim K.
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Sep 28, 2004
11:30 am
6955
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....
Jim K.
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Sep 29, 2004
12:03 pm
6956
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 K.
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Sep 30, 2004
12:51 pm
6957
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...
Karen
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Oct 1, 2004
2:17 pm
6958
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 K.
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Oct 4, 2004
12:45 pm
6959
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 ...
Jim K.
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Oct 5, 2004
11:44 am
6960
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 ...
Jim K.
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Oct 6, 2004
11:24 am
6961
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...
Jim K.
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Oct 7, 2004
12:44 pm
6962
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...
Karen
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Oct 8, 2004
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6963
Good Morning Everyone! Appendix II - "The Spiritual Experience" is found on page 567. "The terms "spiritual experience" and "spiritual awakening" are used many...
Karen
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Oct 11, 2004
2:50 pm
6964
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...
Jim K.
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Oct 12, 2004
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