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bluidkiti · 08-17-2013, 08:32 AM

Points of Focus and Reflection (Consider 2: 2; 3: 2; 5: 4-6: 1; 8: 1-9: 6; 12: 2-14: 6)
1.) The Problem (17: 1)

What did Bill mean by, I commenced to forge the weapon…that one day would turn…like a boomerang and…cut me to ribbons? (2: 2)
Was there a time for me when liquor ceased to be a luxury; it became a necessity? (5: 1)
Did I think I could control the situation? (5: 1)
Did I ever wonder, Was I crazy? (5: 5)
How does an appalling lack of perspective relate to sanity, honesty, or humility? (5: 5) What do sanity, honesty, and humility mean to me?
In what specific ways did I feel the remorse, horror and hopelessness of the next morning? (6: 1)
Did I ask, Should I kill myself? (6: 1)
In what ways did I seek oblivion? (6: 1)
In what ways have I felt fear? (6: 2, 7: 0)
What are my reflections on Dr. Silkworth's proposition that we have been seriously ill, bodily and mentally? (7: 1)
Did I see that I could not take so much as one drink? (5: 4)
Did such self-knowledge (7: 2) of the problem of the insanity of that first drink (8: 2) alone keep me sober?
Bill describes taking Step 1 by admitting, Alcohol was my master. (8: 1)
In what ways has alcohol been my master? (8: 1)

2.) The Solution (17: 3)

What is my understanding of the simple religious idea? (9: 6)
What was my reaction to religion, the church, and God? (10: 1)
How do I react to the suggestion, Why don’t you choose your own conception of God? (12: 2; 46: 2)
Bill takes Step 2 when he understands that, nothing more was required...to make my beginning than being willingto believe. (12: 4)
Note that Bill was instructed to sit quietly and totest [his] thinking by the new God-consciousness within. (13: 4)

3.) The Program of Action (9: 6)

What is my understanding of the practical program of action? (9: 6)
How did this derive from the non-alcoholic Oxford Groups of that day? ( xvi: 0; and see 263: 0)
What are the essential requirements, as I understand them? (13: 5 - 14: 0)
How do I understand, It meant destruction of self-centeredness? (14: 1)
What were the revolutionary and drastic proposals? (14: 2)
Note that Bill essentially takes Step 3 through Step 12 at this time while still in the hospital. [Step 1 (8: 1); Step 2 (12: 4); Steps 3-11 (13: 2-4); Step 12 (1st part 13: 5; 2nd part 14: 5, 6)]

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08-17-2013, 08:32 AM	#11
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 76,076	Points of Focus and Reflection (Consider 2: 2; 3: 2; 5: 4-6: 1; 8: 1-9: 6; 12: 2-14: 6) 1.) The Problem (17: 1) What did Bill mean by, I commenced to forge the weapon…that one day would turn…like a boomerang and…cut me to ribbons? (2: 2) Was there a time for me when liquor ceased to be a luxury; it became a necessity? (5: 1) Did I think I could control the situation? (5: 1) Did I ever wonder, Was I crazy? (5: 5) How does an appalling lack of perspective relate to sanity, honesty, or humility? (5: 5) What do sanity, honesty, and humility mean to me? In what specific ways did I feel the remorse, horror and hopelessness of the next morning? (6: 1) Did I ask, Should I kill myself? (6: 1) In what ways did I seek oblivion? (6: 1) In what ways have I felt fear? (6: 2, 7: 0) What are my reflections on Dr. Silkworth's proposition that we have been seriously ill, bodily and mentally? (7: 1) Did I see that I could not take so much as one drink? (5: 4) Did such self-knowledge (7: 2) of the problem of the insanity of that first drink (8: 2) alone keep me sober? Bill describes taking Step 1 by admitting, Alcohol was my master. (8: 1) In what ways has alcohol been my master? (8: 1) 2.) The Solution (17: 3) What is my understanding of the simple religious idea? (9: 6) What was my reaction to religion, the church, and God? (10: 1) How do I react to the suggestion, Why don’t you choose your own conception of God? (12: 2; 46: 2) Bill takes Step 2 when he understands that, nothing more was required...to make my beginning than being willingto believe. (12: 4) Note that Bill was instructed to sit quietly and totest [his] thinking by the new God-consciousness within. (13: 4) 3.) The Program of Action (9: 6) What is my understanding of the practical program of action? (9: 6) How did this derive from the non-alcoholic Oxford Groups of that day? ( xvi: 0; and see 263: 0) What are the essential requirements, as I understand them? (13: 5 - 14: 0) How do I understand, It meant destruction of self-centeredness? (14: 1) What were the revolutionary and drastic proposals? (14: 2) Note that Bill essentially takes Step 3 through Step 12 at this time while still in the hospital. [Step 1 (8: 1); Step 2 (12: 4); Steps 3-11 (13: 2-4); Step 12 (1st part 13: 5; 2nd part 14: 5, 6)] p. 19 __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.

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