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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...
Jim K.
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Dec 1, 2006
1:10 pm
7536
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...
Jim K.
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Dec 4, 2006
1:02 pm
7537
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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Dec 5, 2006
10:50 am
7538
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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Dec 5, 2006
10:57 am
7539
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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Dec 6, 2006
11:25 am
7540
Good morning everyone! (Wednesday Post) Let's turn to page xi, the Preface to the Third Edition, and look at paragraph#2. This book is identified as "the basic...
Jim K.
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Dec 7, 2006
3:09 am
7541
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,...
Jim K.
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Dec 8, 2006
11:16 am
7542
Good morning everyone! We're still on page xvii of the foreword to the second edition. The book describes two centers of activity around 1936. AA's group ...
Jim K.
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Dec 11, 2006
1:17 pm
7543
Good morning! (Tuesday Post) While we continue to study the forwords and the Doctor's Opinion, remember that we are using the 4th Edition. (The page numbering ...
Jim K.
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Dec 12, 2006
2:24 am
7544
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...
Jim K.
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Dec 13, 2006
10:54 am
7545
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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Dec 14, 2006
11:04 am
7546
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 of December 1934; he...
Jim K.
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Dec 15, 2006
12:36 pm
7547
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...
Jim K.
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Dec 18, 2006
10:55 am
7548
Good morning! (Sorry about the Post 8 label on Post 9 yesterday) Turning our books to Page 25, lets look at paragraph 2: "The great fact is just this, and...
Jim K.
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Dec 19, 2006
11:13 am
7549
Welcome back everyone! (Wednesday Post) We're at Page 30 - Chapter 3, "More (Truth) About Alcoholism". This is where we will discuss--in depth--the state of...
Jim K.
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Dec 19, 2006
10:52 pm
7550
Good Morning all! Thursday post. Paragraph 2 - Page 35: "Jim the car salesman" is example number 2 of alcoholic insanity. Reading through paragraph 3 on this...
Jim K.
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Dec 21, 2006
12:34 am
7551
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 Greek prefix...
Jim K.
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Dec 22, 2006
11:11 am
7552
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 ...
Jim K.
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Dec 26, 2006
1:06 pm
7553
Good Morning Everyone! Appendix II - "The Spiritual Experience" is found on page 567. "The terms "spiritual experience" and "spiritual awakening" are used many...
Jim K.
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Dec 27, 2006
12:57 pm
7554
Good morning! [Remember - no post on Monday - New Year's Day] We can gain some insight into the writing of the book through an examination of the original text...
Jim K.
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Dec 28, 2006
12:59 pm
7555
Good Morning everyone! (No post Monday - Happy New Year!) Beginning on Page 59, paragraph 1, we'll continue to examine the text as originally written to see...
Jim K.
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Dec 29, 2006
11:11 am
7556
Good Morning, everyone! Paragraph 2 on page 60 - original text in (parenthesis) and my editorial notes in [brackets]: "Our description of the alcoholic, [found...
Jim K.
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Jan 2, 2007
10:51 am
7557
'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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Jan 3, 2007
12:45 pm
7558
Good morning! 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 personal...
Jim K.
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Jan 4, 2007
10:51 am
7559
Good morning everyone! (Friday Post) We're at Paragraph 3 on page 64 - "Resentment is the number one offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else."...
Jim K.
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Jan 5, 2007
3:36 am
7560
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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Jan 8, 2007
11:15 am
7561
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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Jan 9, 2007
10:47 am
7562
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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Jan 10, 2007
11:05 am
7563
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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Jan 11, 2007
10:43 am
7564
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...
Jim K.
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Jan 12, 2007
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