Experience The Big Book: Recent Episodes
Dr Mike
go to site and under resources on recovery find links and documents and you will find the pdf on the second step proposition exercise
go to site and under resources on recovery find links and documents and you will find pdf on the second step proposition
Also a brief look at how I see the spiritual axium today … any comments mhurwitz50@gmail.com
How do I drop my rock? Practicing 6 and 7 is the key for me to obtain emotional sobriety… any comments mhurwitz50@gmail.com
Why do we need to be convinced that a life run on self will can never be successful? What does it look like? What are our basic troubles?
I review the 12 steps and how they tie together to produce a psychic change -any comments mhurwitz50@gmail.com
instructions for the sex inventory then we look at the promises as a result of the work done in step 4
This episode is about sponsorship. We cover the chapter in Carry this Message that has some excellent information on this topic. Joe Mcq gives his thoughts on this important and maybe misunderstood topic that I believe will be very helpful to listeners.
This episode has further information on the synchronicity of events that led to the formation of AA. Then we finish the look at passing on this special gift that we have been given. How effectively is AA carrying the message today? The first two chapters in Carry this Message are completed in this episode.
Is AA today carrying this message? How effective are the meetings you attend passing on this special gift? How has the fellowship moved away from the program? This book is a powerful tool in sponsorship and how to work the steps. It follows the big book. Joe Mcq started the Joe and Charlie big book…
I spoke at the memorial Saturday night speaker meeting. Tried to carry the message that God has done and can do for me what I could never do for myself. My only goal is always to do his work well and let him demonstrate through me what he can do. Welcome any thoughts mhurwitz50@gmail.com
I continue our study of how steps 6 and 7 are the actions change me. How I approach them in initially and then apply them continuously for the rest of my life. My emotional sobriety is directly proportional to how well I apply these steps in my life.
Discuss the instructions on step 6 and 7 on page 76. Then review the 5th step promises. We are going to look at the introduction to step 6-7 in Drop the Rock including the story about dropping the rock.
Lois Wilson had the original manuscript that went to the printer in 1939. It had the corrections penciled in and notations and comments written by bill and others. It is a powerful historical document and reflects the thinking of the authors and the thought that went into each word. It was auctioned in 2010 and…
Excellent review of the events and people that God brought together to give us this message of hope. Is the fellowship today carrying the original message?
in these first pages they contrast the despair of complete defeat with the joy of recovery. any comments mhurwitz50@gmail.com
The resentment inventory unlocks the door to go from living in darkness to walk in the light
The result of the steps is the spiritual awakening. Going through what the book tells us about it. Why we need it and how it is manifest in our life and how do i obtain it and keep it. any comments mhurwitz50@gmail.com
This chapter is excellent. I believe it has powerful information on step 1 and step 12.
Bill changes his mind and melts the icy intellectual mountain in which he had lived and stood in the sunlight at last
I don’t know how many times I have gone through these pages but more and more I see the hand of God in this powerful message! any comments mhurwitz50@gmail.com
Apologize for the sound. I look at how the book was put together and the books used in the writing of it . Also the spiritual principles and AA in the beginning.
The Dr. in these 2 pages describes the disease of alcoholism and his conception of what is required for successful treatment
Relationships at home after the alcoholic is sober and trying to live a spiritual life. Spiritual principles to guide all those involved.
The disease of alcoholism described by Dr. Silkworth in 1939. Any comments mhurwitz50@gmail.com
The spiritual checklist can be found under resources on recovery. Great tool for how to practice a new way of thinking and reacting
Considered one of the ” lost chapters” contains both a classification of alcoholics and spiritual principles in dealing with them.. comments mhurwitz50@gmail.com
Recovering Alcoholic is not a term used in the book Alcoholics Anonymous. They say they have recovered from a seemingly hopeless condition of mind and body. I look at what recovered means to me today. Comments mhurwitz50@gmail.com
See thought on recovery 75-76. I must admit I am 100 percent powerless over alcohol every day. My defense must come from God!
I look at the cover and forward to first edition as well as the table of contents and how the book is laid out. Welcome any comments mhurwitz50@gmail.com
I heard from a talk by Clancy I that False Pride is a killer for alcoholics. I think it defined my life. See thought number 4 on experiencethebigbook.org under thoughts on recovery ….any comments mhurwitz50@gmail,com
see handouts under thoughts on recovery – arch to freedom – shortcomings to change – self will vs God’s will – process to change and principles of the steps
see handouts under resources on recovery – disease concept of alcoholism – road chart to decision – dominoes of recovery – shortcomings to change
Will be reviewing different aspects of the message contained in the big book of Alcoholics Anonymous. Go to resources on the site and find pdf on arch to freedom
thoughts 74-77 and resources on site experiencethebigbook … welcome any comments mhurwitz50@gmail.com
How we go from my self centered world to the world of the spirit and stay there. see resources pdf recovery from alcoholism and thoughts 74-77 on site experiencethebigbook.org …. I can be contacted mhurwitz50@gmail,com
After completing The Steps We Took we go back to the big book and we had covered thru We Agnostics and now pick up with How it Works
This podcast completes our founder DR, Robert Smith’s story. These final pages should be familiar to all alcoholics. Especially the final paragraphs. comments mhurwitz50@gmail.com
Dr. Bob Smith one of our founders tells his story. We all owe so much to this man. He truly carried the message. He made a difference!
What is the great fact? What do we ask for every morning? Abandon, admit, clear away, give freely, and join them and you will be with them in the fellowship of the spirit! I get emotional whenever I get to this page because it marks completion of another time through the big book studying the…
These few pages describe AA in the beginning. How it grew. Their experience and their hope for us. Great stuff!
These 3 pages have a powerful message. I must keep spiritually active. Faith without works is dead. AA number 3 found God and in finding God he found himself!
Bill W in the lobby of the mayflower hotel entering the bar and what happened so we have the solution today. The hand of GOD.
These first few pages go from the four horseman and wishing for an end, to a substitute for alcohol. The fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous. You will learn the full meaning of “Love your neighbor as yourself”.
This chapter is for alcoholics to see how our disease is manifested and to those who suffer with us to begin the process of healing through mutual understanding and the beginning of spiritual growth. I believe must reading. Any comments mhurwitz5o@gmail.com
What were the events that put people together to give this program of recovery to us? You can’t help but see the hand of God. I never get tired of looking at the history of AA. We go over this chapter from Carry this Message by Joe Mcq. any comments mhurwitz50@gmail.com
what is sponsorship? what did it mean when the book was written? any comments mhurwitz50@gmail.com
I put together a special meeting celebrating another year of experience the big book. any comments mhurwitz50@gmail.com
We look at the St. Francis prayer. What does it suggest? What do I bring if connected to God ? What do I seek? What do I receive? How can this prayer be used in meditation to improve my conscious contact with God? How is this prayer a vision of God’s will for me?
In this episode I take a final look at these important steps. I spend some time on the St. Francis prayer. What it says to me and how I use it in my daily prayer and meditation. Then try to summarize these 2 steps that are crucial for my achieving emotional sobriety.
These 2 pages have the final instructions on working the steps before the authors turn to working with others. I try to use these instructions every day.
We look at the final paragraph in step 10 on page 85 after I share my thoughts on what it means to me to be a recovered alcoholic.
I summarized my thoughts on the program. What the world of my alcoholism looked like and what I did to get out of that world and enter the world of the spirit. What steps are required. Then I look at what the world of the spirit looks like and what steps are required to stay…
The promises of being in the world of the spirit. How I react if I am in fit spiritual condition. The problem has been removed. This paragraph has been called the recovered promises by some members. Like to hear from you mhurwitz50@gmail.com
I look at this one paragraph on page 84 that has become for me the instructions on how to live each day and stay on the beam connected to God. WADAT. Watch Ask Discuss Amend Turn. These few lines of instruction simplify how to live the spiritual life. If you find it helpful share this…
This episode looks at the 9th step promises which are read at every meeting in Topeka usually off of a card. They are read and people chant. These promises are so powerful. I look at where they occur in the big book. What is required for them to occur? They are a gift we receive…
These pages cover their experience in making restitution in domestic and criminal situations and where someone else is involved. They compare us to the farmer after the tornado. There are prayers for the family and suggestions on how we should live our life. Very important pages!
These pages have the instructions for working steps 8 and 9. I review the information from last week. Further thoughts on forgiveness and willingness. How do you approach the person whom you once hated? What is the attitude that one should have? What about if you owe money? What about criminal offenses? They give us…
The instructions for step 8 are contained in these 2 pages. Freedom from fear of people. Willingness to forgive and what that means. Willingness to make right our past. Then the 2 sentences on what we are doing with the steps. Putting our life in order and most importantly what is our real purpose.
Before starting over for the 10th time on Sunday the big book I wanted to look at this famous chapter which is Dr. Paul’s story. I found this story very moving when I first read it years ago. It was the third edition. They changed the pages and title in the fourth edition because so…
Have you stepped from bridge of reason to shore of faith? How do you fix your cornerstone in place? When we drew near to Him He disclosed Himself to us!