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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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Nov 3, 2008
12:55 pm
8036
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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Nov 4, 2008
2:49 pm
8037
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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Nov 5, 2008
1:17 pm
8038
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...
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Nov 6, 2008
1:22 pm
8039
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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Nov 7, 2008
6:27 am
8040
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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Nov 10, 2008
4:58 am
8041
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...
Jim K.
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Nov 11, 2008
4:43 am
8042
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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Nov 11, 2008
4:47 am
8043
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 ...
Jim K.
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Nov 12, 2008
11:59 am
8044
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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Nov 13, 2008
1:16 pm
8045
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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Nov 14, 2008
1:01 pm
8046
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...
Jim K.
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Nov 17, 2008
1:16 pm
8047
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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Nov 18, 2008
1:14 pm
8048
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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Nov 19, 2008
1:02 pm
8049
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...
Jim K.
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Nov 20, 2008
1:03 pm
8050
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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Nov 21, 2008
10:50 am
8051
Good morning! [No post on Thursday & Friday - Thanksgiving] Turning our books to Page 25, lets look at paragraph 2: "The great fact is just this, and nothing...
Jim K.
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Nov 24, 2008
1:18 pm
8052
Good morning all! [Remember, no post on Thursday and Friday] We're at Page 30 - Chapter 3, "More (Truth) About Alcoholism". This is where we will discuss--in...
Jim K.
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Nov 25, 2008
11:20 am
8053
Good Morning all! (Happy Thanksgiving! - next post will appear Monday) Paragraph 2 - Page 35: "Jim the car salesman" is example number 2 of alcoholic insanity....
Jim K.
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Nov 26, 2008
1:51 pm
8054
Good morning and welcome back! Today we are at Chapter 4 - We Agnostics, Page 44. We should start by defining some terms. "Agnostic" is comprised of two parts:...
Jim K.
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Dec 1, 2008
12:51 pm
8055
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 2, 2008
2:13 pm
8056
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 3, 2008
12:20 pm
8057
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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Dec 4, 2008
1:20 pm
8058
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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Dec 5, 2008
1:06 pm
8059
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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Dec 8, 2008
1:10 pm
8060
'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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Dec 9, 2008
1:12 pm
8061
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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Dec 10, 2008
1:05 pm
8062
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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Dec 11, 2008
12:59 pm
8063
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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Dec 12, 2008
1:12 pm
8064
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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Dec 15, 2008
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