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8114
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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Mar 2, 2009
1:50 pm
8115
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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Mar 3, 2009
2:29 pm
8116
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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Mar 4, 2009
1:15 pm
8117
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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Mar 5, 2009
12:52 pm
8118
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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Mar 6, 2009
1:58 pm
8119
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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Mar 9, 2009
12:06 pm
8120
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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Mar 10, 2009
9:49 am
8121
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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Mar 11, 2009
11:48 am
8122
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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Mar 12, 2009
12:53 pm
8123
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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Mar 12, 2009
1:14 pm
8124
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...
Karen
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Mar 13, 2009
12:41 am
8125
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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Mar 16, 2009
1:20 pm
8126
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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Mar 17, 2009
11:38 am
8127
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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Mar 18, 2009
11:53 am
8128
Good morning! Welcome back! While we continue to study the forewords and the Doctor's Opinion, remember that we are using the 4th Edition. (The page numbering ...
Jim K.
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Mar 19, 2009
12:03 pm
8129
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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Mar 20, 2009
11:54 am
8130
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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Mar 23, 2009
12:14 pm
8131
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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Mar 24, 2009
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8132
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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Mar 25, 2009
12:01 pm
8133
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...
Jim K.
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Mar 26, 2009
10:36 am
8134
Good morning all! 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 the...
Jim K.
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Mar 27, 2009
12:18 pm
8135
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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Mar 30, 2009
12:05 pm
8136
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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Mar 31, 2009
12:08 pm
8137
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 1, 2009
12:34 pm
8138
Good Morning Everyone! *Appendix II - "The Spiritual Experience"* is found on page 567. "The terms "spiritual experience" and "spiritual awakening" are used...
Karen
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Apr 2, 2009
12:19 pm
8139
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 3, 2009
4:27 am
8140
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...
Karen
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Apr 6, 2009
12:18 pm
8141
Good Morning, everyone! *Paragraph 2 on* *page 60* - original text in (parenthesis) and my editorial notes in [brackets]:* * "Our description of the alcoholic,...
Karen
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Apr 7, 2009
12:38 pm
8142
Good 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....
Karen
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Apr 8, 2009
12:07 pm
8143
Good morning! [Big Thanks! to Karen for pitching in while I was in California on business] We are at the bottom of page 63, last paragraph: "Next we launched...
Jim K.
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Apr 9, 2009
12:18 pm
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