Welcome back everyone and HAPPY NEW YEAR! 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...
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...
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...
Note: Our next posting will be on Tuesday 1/22 due to the Martin Luther King holiday. Chapter 11 - "A Vision for You" begins on page 151. If you have been...
Good morning, 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 at...
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, Jim posts the section of the...
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! And many thanks to my good friend Karen for covering the study for the past coupla days! Let's turn to page xi, the Preface to the Third...
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 forewords 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! 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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Good Morning all! Paragraph 2 - Page 35: "Jim the car salesman" is example number 2 of alcoholic insanity. Reading through paragraph 3 on this page: "We told...
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...
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 ...
