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Big Book Study - Post #35

Jim — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:39:22 GMT

***Our next post will be on Tuesday due to the Memorial Day holiday*** Good Morning everyone! We're at page 128 of Chapter 9 - "The Family Afterward." The

Big Book Study - Post #34

Jim — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:44:38 GMT

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

Big Book Study - Post #33

Jim — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:53:49 GMT

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

Big Book Study - Post #32

Jim — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:41:20 GMT

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.

Big Book Study - Post #31

Jim — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:38:22 GMT

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,

Big Book Study - Post #30

Jim — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:42:02 GMT

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,

Big Book Study - Post #29

Jim — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:41 GMT

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

Big Book Study - Post #28

Jim — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:41:28 GMT

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

Big Book Study - Post #27

Jim — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:09:27 GMT

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

Big Book Study - Post #26

Jim — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:44:08 GMT

Welcome back everyone! Let's read through starting from the bottom of page 76 and on to the top of page 77. Here

Big Book Study - Post #25

Jim — Thu, 09 May 2013 09:36:34 GMT

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 -

Big Book Study - Post #24

Jim — Wed, 08 May 2013 01:24:46 GMT

Wednesday's post... Good morning everyone! We are on Page 75. Paragraph 2 includes the 5th Step promises: "Once we have taken this step, withholding nothing,

Big Book Study - Post #23

Jim — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:23:31 GMT

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

Big Book Study - Post #22

Jim — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:57:59 GMT

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

Big Book Study - Post #21

Jim — Fri, 03 May 2013 11:35:58 GMT

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