Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
09-18-2013, 08:21 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #40
Good Morning,...
Big Book Study - Post #40
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 "Personal...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
09-18-2013, 08:20 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #39
Good morning all! ...
Big Book Study - Post #39
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 at...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
09-18-2013, 08:20 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #38
Good Morning!
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Big Book Study - Post #38
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 about...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
09-18-2013, 08:20 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #37
Good Morning!
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Big Book Study - Post #37
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 are...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
09-18-2013, 08:19 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #36
Good Mornin' all! ...
Big Book Study - Post #36
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 business...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
09-18-2013, 08:19 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #35
Good Morning...
Big Book Study - Post #35
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
better...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
09-17-2013, 11:44 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #34
Good Morning all! ...
Big Book Study - Post #34
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 living...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
09-16-2013, 09:42 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #33
Good morning...
Big Book Study - Post #33
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 are...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
09-14-2013, 12:36 PM
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Big Book Study - Post #32
Good morning...
Big Book Study - Post #32
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....
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
09-13-2013, 09:48 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #31
Good morning...
Big Book Study - Post #31
Good morning everyone! [Thanks again to karen for filling in on Friday!]
Chapter 7 starts on page 89. It is dedicated in its entirety to Step
12. "Having had a...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
09-12-2013, 02:56 PM
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Big Book Study - Post #30
Good morning...
Big Book Study - Post #30
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,...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
09-11-2013, 09:41 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #29
Good Morning and...
Big Book Study - Post #29
Good Morning and Happy 75th birthday to our fellowship!
Page 85, Paragraph 1 - While we have recovered from alcoholism:
"We are not cured of alcoholism. What we...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
09-10-2013, 09:27 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #28
Good Morning...
Big Book Study - Post #28
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
pages...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
09-09-2013, 12:59 PM
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Big Book Study - Post #27
Sorry about...
Big Book Study - Post #27
Sorry about yesterday - wasn't able to access Yahoo! Groups for some reason...
Good Morning!
We are at the bottom of page 80. The next several paragraphs,
through...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
09-08-2013, 09:34 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #26
Welcome back...
Big Book Study - Post #26
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
real...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
09-07-2013, 10:43 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #25
Good Morning...
Big Book Study - Post #25
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 -
every one?...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
09-06-2013, 11:00 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #24
Good morning...
Big Book Study - Post #24
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 can...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
09-05-2013, 08:40 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #23
Good Morning,...
Big Book Study - Post #23
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...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
09-04-2013, 02:35 PM
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Big Book Study - Post #22
Good morning!...
Big Book Study - Post #22
Good morning! [We'll take a break on Monday to celebrate Memorial Day - our next
post will be on Tuesday]
We are filling out the third column of the first of four...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
09-03-2013, 09:37 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #21
Good morning...
Big Book Study - Post #21
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 it...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
09-01-2013, 10:45 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #20
Good morning!
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Big Book Study - Post #20
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...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
08-31-2013, 09:32 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #19
'Morning everyone...
Big Book Study - Post #19
'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 of...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
08-30-2013, 01:06 PM
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Big Book Study - Post #18
Good Morning,...
Big Book Study - Post #18
Good Morning, everyone!
*Paragraph 2 on* *page 60* - original text in (parenthesis) and my editorial
notes in [brackets]:* *
"Our description of the alcoholic,...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
08-29-2013, 10:31 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #17
Good Morning...
Big Book Study - Post #17
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 edition...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
08-28-2013, 10:08 AM
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# 16
Good Morning!
We can gain some...
# 16
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 with the
text as printed in...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
08-26-2013, 08:51 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #15
Good Morning...
Big Book Study - Post #15
Good Morning Everyone!
Appendix II - "The Spiritual Experience" is found on page 567.
"The terms "spiritual experience" and "spiritual awakening" are used many...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
08-25-2013, 10:13 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #14
Good morning...
Big Book Study - Post #14
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 count...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
08-24-2013, 08:41 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #13
Good Morning and...
Big Book Study - Post #13
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:...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
08-23-2013, 12:28 PM
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Big Book Study - Post #12
Good Morning all! ...
Big Book Study - Post #12
Good Morning all!
I'll be posting the book studies while Jim is away on vacation.
Paragraph 2 - Page 35: *"Jim the car salesman"* is example number 2 of
alcoholic...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
08-21-2013, 08:26 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #11
Good morning all! ...
Big Book Study - Post #11
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 first...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
08-19-2013, 09:33 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #10
Good morning!
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Big Book Study - Post #10
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 spiritual...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
08-18-2013, 11:24 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #9
Good Morning!
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Big Book Study - Post #9
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 familiar...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
08-17-2013, 08:31 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #8
Good morning...
Big Book Study - Post #8
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 of...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
08-16-2013, 10:23 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #7
Good Morning...
Big Book Study - Post #7
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....
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
08-15-2013, 09:31 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #6
Good morning!
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Big Book Study - Post #6
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 (an...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
08-14-2013, 11:29 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #5
Good morning!...
Big Book Study - Post #5
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
prior...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
08-13-2013, 05:06 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #4
A BIG Thanks! to...
Big Book Study - Post #4
A BIG Thanks! to karen for posting for me - problems with my DSL at home!
Good morning everyone!
We're still on page xvii of the foreword to the second edition. The...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
08-11-2013, 09:55 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #3
Good morning...
Big Book Study - Post #3
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, we have...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
08-09-2013, 08:38 AM
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Big Book Study - Post #2
Good morning...
Big Book Study - Post #2
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
Society."...
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Forum: Alcohol, Drugs and Other Addictions Recovery
08-08-2013, 10:26 AM
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Big Book Study
Big Book Study - Post #1
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 we will...
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