Welcome everyone and good morning! Let's read through starting from the bottom of page 76 and on to the top of page 77. Here is where we find out what our...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Feb 2, 2006 12:47 pm
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...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Feb 3, 2006 1:32 pm
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...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Feb 6, 2006 12:51 pm
Good Morning! 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
Feb 7, 2006 12:42 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
Feb 8, 2006 12:22 pm
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,...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Feb 9, 2006 12:26 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
Feb 10, 2006 1:04 pm
Good morning everyone! Most of the comments on this chapter were written by my friend and co-moderator Karen- "Chapter 8 - To Wives" begins on page 104. There...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Feb 13, 2006 12:58 pm
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
Feb 14, 2006 12:50 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
Feb 15, 2006 12:42 pm
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
Feb 16, 2006 12:52 pm
Good Morning! 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 that...
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Karen
honey_dot_com
Feb 17, 2006 8:58 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 have learned much...
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Karen
honey_dot_com
Feb 17, 2006 3:28 pm
The post titled "Integrity, part 2" was sent to these e-mail addresses in error. I apologize. Karen ... Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Feb 21, 2006 1:06 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 - 293 Central Park West...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Feb 22, 2006 12:45 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
Feb 23, 2006 12:41 pm
We've just completed our last cycle and it's time to start the cycle again. The next cycle begins Today! Each weekday morning at or about 8:00am Eastern Time,...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Feb 23, 2006 12:43 pm
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
Feb 24, 2006 12:21 pm
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
Feb 27, 2006 12:41 pm
Good morning everyone, and 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,...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Feb 28, 2006 12:04 pm
Good morning everyone! (Karen will post for the next three days while I head to Florida) We're still on page xvii of the foreword to the second edition. The ...
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Karen
honey_dot_com
Mar 1, 2006 1:34 pm
Good morning! While we continue to study the forwords and the Doctor's Opinion, remember that we are using the 4th Edition. (The page numbering prior to...
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Karen
honey_dot_com
Mar 2, 2006 1:36 pm
Good morning, First, let’s answer the question posted yesterday concerning "Pot" in the Big Book. Here it is, on the old doggerel--the way Bill remembered it...
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Karen
honey_dot_com
Mar 3, 2006 1:33 pm
Good morning, 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. Quicksand...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Mar 6, 2006 1:01 pm
Good morning everyone! [Thanks! to Karen for helping out while I was in sunny Florida] We're at the top of page 13- Bill went again to Towns Hospital to be...
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Jim K.
sottovoice
Mar 7, 2006 1:02 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
Mar 8, 2006 12:47 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
Mar 9, 2006 12:26 pm
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
Mar 10, 2006 1:15 pm
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
Mar 13, 2006 1:15 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: "A" which is the...
