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Big Book Study - Post #13

Jim — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:19:11 GMT

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:

Big Book Study - Post #12

Jim — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:30:00 GMT

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

Big Book Study - Post #11

Jim — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:16:54 GMT

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

Big Book Study - Post #10

Jim — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:38:27 GMT

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

Big Book Study - Post #9

Jim — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:15:29 GMT

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

Big Book Study - Post #8

Jim — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:54:56 GMT

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

Big Book Study - Post #7

Jim — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:58:43 GMT

Good Morning everyone! We're

Big Book Study - Post #6

Jim — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:14:26 GMT

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

Big Book Study - Post #5

Jim — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:53:53 GMT

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

Big Book Study - Post #4

Jim — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:03:19 GMT

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

Big Book Study - Post #3

Jim — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:46:45 GMT

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,

Big Book Study - Post #2

Jim — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:00:11 GMT

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

Big Book Study - Post #1

Jim — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:04:32 GMT

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

New Cycle - Guidelines

Jim — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:01:37 GMT

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

Big Book Study - Post #40

Jim — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:15:12 GMT

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