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8202
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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Jul 1, 2009
11:51 am
8203
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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Jul 2, 2009
12:44 pm
8204
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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Jul 3, 2009
12:18 pm
8205
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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Jul 7, 2009
12:00 pm
8206
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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Jul 7, 2009
12:02 pm
8207
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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Jul 8, 2009
12:09 pm
8208
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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Jul 9, 2009
11:17 am
8209
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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Jul 10, 2009
11:25 am
8210
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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Jul 13, 2009
12:12 pm
8211
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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Jul 14, 2009
11:53 am
8212
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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Jul 15, 2009
11:46 am
8213
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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Jul 16, 2009
12:33 pm
8214
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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Jul 16, 2009
10:02 pm
8215
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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Jul 20, 2009
11:57 am
8216
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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Jul 21, 2009
11:37 am
8217
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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Jul 22, 2009
11:38 am
8218
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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Jul 23, 2009
12:11 pm
8219
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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Jul 24, 2009
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8220
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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Jul 27, 2009
10:43 am
8221
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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Jul 28, 2009
12:21 pm
8222
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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Jul 29, 2009
12:43 pm
8223
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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Jul 30, 2009
12:06 pm
8224
'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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Jul 31, 2009
12:28 pm
8225
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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Aug 3, 2009
12:08 pm
8226
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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Aug 4, 2009
11:38 am
8227
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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Aug 5, 2009
12:12 pm
8228
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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Aug 6, 2009
12:01 pm
8229
Good morning everyone! BTW - Tomorrow is my 29th anniversary! We are on Page 75. Paragraph 2 includes the 5th Step promises: "Once we have taken this step,...
Jim K.
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Aug 7, 2009
12:25 pm
8230
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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Aug 10, 2009
11:46 am
8231
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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Aug 11, 2009
12:19 pm
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