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7884
Good morning everyone! (Wednesday) 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...
Jim K.
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Apr 2, 2008
1:28 am
7885
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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Apr 3, 2008
2:10 am
7886
Good morning! (Friday) 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...
Jim K.
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Apr 4, 2008
12:27 am
7887
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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Apr 7, 2008
12:56 am
7888
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...
Jim K.
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Apr 8, 2008
2:37 am
7889
Good morning! Before we go on with our study - my friend Dean M., the long time manager of The Wilson House, died on Tuesday at mid-day. He was 41 and...
Jim K.
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Apr 9, 2008
2:41 am
7890
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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Apr 10, 2008
10:15 am
7891
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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Apr 11, 2008
10:17 am
7892
Good morning! We can gain some insight into the writing of the book through an examination of the original text (pre-publication "Multilith") in conjunction...
Jim K.
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Apr 14, 2008
2:09 am
7893
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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Apr 15, 2008
1:24 am
7894
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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Apr 16, 2008
10:52 am
7895
'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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Apr 17, 2008
10:21 am
7896
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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Apr 18, 2008
2:17 am
7897
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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Apr 21, 2008
12:09 pm
7898
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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Apr 22, 2008
1:18 am
7899
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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Apr 23, 2008
10:43 am
7900
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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Apr 24, 2008
12:27 pm
7901
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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Apr 25, 2008
12:37 pm
7902
Welcome back everyone! 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 purpose is: "Our...
Jim K.
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Apr 28, 2008
12:39 pm
7903
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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Apr 29, 2008
12:05 pm
7904
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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Apr 30, 2008
12:32 pm
7905
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...
Jim K.
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May 1, 2008
12:25 pm
7906
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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May 2, 2008
12:18 pm
7907
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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May 5, 2008
12:08 pm
7908
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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May 6, 2008
11:46 am
7909
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...
Jim K.
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May 7, 2008
12:02 pm
7910
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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May 8, 2008
11:58 am
7911
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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May 9, 2008
12:24 pm
7912
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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May 12, 2008
11:58 am
7913
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...
Jim K.
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May 13, 2008
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