Good morning! <No Post on Wednesday - Independence Day Holiday> We are filling out the third column of the first of four parts of our 4th Step inventory. The...
Good Morning, everyone! <no post tomorrow - Happy Independence Day!> We are at page 72 - Chapter 6 "Into Action" - and we're about to embark on our discussion...
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...
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 - ...
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...
Good Morning! Wecome back everyone! We are at the bottom of page 80. The next several paragraphs, through the end of paragraph 1 on page 82, deal with the...
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...
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...
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, ...
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,...
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....
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 about Bill...
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...
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...
We've just completed our last cycle and it's time to start the cycle again. Each weekday morning at or about 8:00am Eastern Time, I will post the section of...
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...
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 ...
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,...
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 ...
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...
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...
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....
Good morning everyone! [Today is 27 happy, joyous and free years for me - thanks!] We're at the top of page 13 - Bill went again to Towns Hospital to be...
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...
