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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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Oct 1, 2004
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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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...
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Oct 11, 2004
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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
11:43 am
6965
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 ...
Jim K.
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Oct 13, 2004
11:39 am
6966
Good Morning, everyone! Paragraph 2 on page 60 - original text in (parenthesis) and my editorial notes in [brackets]: "Our description of the alcoholic, [found...
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Oct 14, 2004
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6967
'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...
Jim K.
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Oct 15, 2004
11:04 am
6968
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...
Jim K.
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Oct 18, 2004
11:57 am
6969
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...
Jim K.
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Oct 19, 2004
11:16 am
6970
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...
Jim K.
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Oct 20, 2004
11:24 am
6971
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...
Jim K.
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Oct 21, 2004
11:33 am
6972
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...
Jim K.
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Oct 22, 2004
11:36 am
6973
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 -...
Jim K.
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Oct 25, 2004
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6974
Welcome everyone and good morning! Let's start reading from the bottom of page 76 and on to the top of page 77. We find out what our purpose is: "Our real...
Jim K.
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Oct 26, 2004
11:49 am
6975
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...
Jim K.
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Oct 27, 2004
11:59 am
6976
Good Morning 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 16...
Jim K.
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Oct 28, 2004
11:27 am
6977
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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Oct 29, 2004
12:39 pm
6978
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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Nov 1, 2004
1:25 pm
6979
Good morning everyone! Chapter 7 starts on page 89. It is dedicated in its entirety to Step 12. "Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps,...
Jim K.
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Nov 2, 2004
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6980
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....
Jim K.
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Nov 3, 2004
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6981
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 ...
Jim K.
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Nov 4, 2004
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6982
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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Nov 5, 2004
2:17 pm
6983
My home group meets on Wednesday nights at 7pm at 7 East 95th Street between Madison and Fifth Avenues on the upper east side of Manhattan. Our weekly meeting...
Jim K.
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Nov 5, 2004
9:31 pm
6984
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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Nov 8, 2004
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6985
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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Nov 9, 2004
12:56 pm
6986
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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Nov 10, 2004
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