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BIG BOOK LECTURES AND DISCUSSION

FULL PODCAST ARCHIVE

BIG BOOK STUDY RECORDINGS

FULL ARCHIVE

Below you will find all of the recordings made by Dr. Mike based on a "Experience the Big Book" study.  Find the one(s) you want and click "Listen here" to hear them on your computer.

This is the full archive, listed by date of publication - in other words, the earliest ones appear first.

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Saturday – Ep: 468 – There is a solution – Page 25 – Spiritual Experience – Pages 567-8 – These pages describe the solution to our hopeless condition of mind and body!

Sep 13, 2023

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Saturday – Ep: 467 – There is a Solution – Pages 20-24 – “The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink. Our so-called will power becomes practically nonexistent.”

Sep 8, 2023

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Saturday – Ep: 466 – There is a Solution – Pages 17-20 – How shall we present what has been so freely given us? We have set forth to publish an anonymous volume describing the problem, the solution, and the program of recovery!

Sep 5, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 465 – There is a solution – Page 17 – The common peril and the cement that binds us!

Sep 1, 2023

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Saturday – Ep: 464 – Bill’s Story – Part 5 – Pages 12-16 – I believe these pages are essential for all alcoholics to read and understand – The whole deal!

Aug 28, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 463 – Bills Story – A message of hope for all those suffering from the disease of alcoholism – Part 4 – Pages 9-12 – Bill W becomes willing to believe in a power greater than himself – Scales of pride and prejudice fell from his eyes!

Aug 24, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 462 – Bill’s Story – A message of hope to all those suffering from the disease of alcoholism – Part 3 – Pages 7-9 – God sends Ebby to Bill in Nov 1934 to us today!

Aug 21, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 461 – Bill’s Story – A message of hope for all those suffering from the disease of alcoholism – Part 2 – Pages 5-8 – Bill admits complete defeat!

Aug 18, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 460 – Meeting with treatment center patients – A talk about the disease of alcoholism, the big book, and in particular step 1

Aug 14, 2023

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Saturday – Ep: 459 – Bill’s Story – A message of hope to all those suffering from alcoholism – Pages 1-5 – Part 1 – Bill W progresses in the disease of alcoholism

Aug 10, 2023

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Saturday – Ep: 458 – Drs Opinion – Pages xxix- xxxii – The Dr. earnestly advises every alcoholic to read this book through, and though perhaps he came to scoff, he may remain to pray!

Aug 7, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 457 – Drs. Opinion – Pages XXVIII – XXIX – The problem – Part 2 – Loss of control – Loss of choice

Aug 3, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 456 – The Doctor’s Opinion – Part 1 – The problem – Pages Xxvi-xxviii

Jul 31, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 455 – Forward to the second edition – AA history – The hand of God – Part 2 – The growth of AA from Ebby to Bill to Dr. Bob to us today!

Jul 29, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 454 – Forward to the first edition and forward to the second edition – AA history – The hand of God – Part 1

Jul 24, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 453 – Beginning study of the book Alcoholics Anonymous – Purpose of the book and how it came into being!

Jul 21, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 452 – A Vision for You – Pages 163-4 – Powerful conclusion to the first 164 pages!

Jul 17, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 451 – A vision for you – Pages 160-163 – Are you willing and able to recover on a spiritual basis?

Jul 14, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 450 – A Vision for You – Pages 158-160 – AA in the beginning! A fellowship of the spirit!

Jul 11, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 449 – A Vision for You -Pages 155-158 – Bill W and Dr Bob carry the message to AA no. 3 – He had found God – and in finding God he found himself!

Jul 8, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 448 – A Vision for You – Pages 153-156 – Bill W stood at the turning point in the lobby of the Mayflower Hotel – God did for him and is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves – Then carries the message to Dr. Bob and AA is born!

Jul 4, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 447 – A Vision for You – Pages 151-153 – You will know what it means to give of yourself that others may survive and rediscover life – You will learn the full meaning of “Love thy neighbor as thyself”

Jun 30, 2023

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Saturday – Ep: 446 – Working with Others -Step 1 and Step 12 – Pages 100-103 – Your job now is to be at the place where you may be of maximum helpfulness to others! Powerful conclusion to this chapter!

Jun 27, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 445 – Working with Others – Step 1 and Step 12 – Pages 98-100 – Powerful spiritual message in these pages!

Jun 24, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 444 – Working with Others – Step 1 and Step 12 – Pages 95-98 – We simply do not stop drinking so long as we dependence on other people ahead of dependence on God!

Jun 21, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 443 – Working with Others – Step 12 – Pages 94-5 – Outline the program of action, explaining how you made a self appraisal. how you straightened out your past and why you are endeavoring to be helpful to him”

Jun 17, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 442 – Working with Ohers – Step 12 – Pages 93-4 – “The main thing is that he be willing to believe in a power greater than himself and that he live by spiritual principles”

Jun 14, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 441 – Working with Others – Step 12 – Pages 92-4 – Carrying the Message – Dwell on the hopeless feature of the malady – Tell him exactly what happened to you – Stress the spiritual feature freely!

Jun 10, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 440 – Working with Others – Step 12 – Page 89 – 92 – How to carry the message to the new person – What sponsorship meant in AA in the beginning

Jun 7, 2023
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Saturday – Ep; 439 – Into Action – Step 11 review – Working with Others – Step 12 Introduction

Jun 4, 2023

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Saturday – Ep: 438 – Into Action – Step 11 – Pages 87-88 – Faith Without Works is Dead

May 31, 2023

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Saturday – Ep: 437 – Into Action – Step 11 – Page 86 – Morning Prayer – Meditation when facing indecision – How to know and do the next right thing!

May 25, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 436 – Into Action – Step 11 – Page 86 – Instruction for the nightly review and upon awakening! Improving our conscious contact with God! with God

May 22, 2023

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Saturday – Ep: 435 – Into Action – Pages 84-6 – Review of Step 10 and Introduction to Step 11

May 18, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 434 – Into Action – Step 10 – Page 85 – We have become God Conscious!

May 15, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 433 – Into Action – Step 10 – Pages 84-5 – The recovered promises!

May 9, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 432 – Into Action – Step 10 – We have entered the world of the spirit! Instructions on staying there! Wadat! Watch Ask Discuss Amend Turn!

May 6, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 431 – Into Action – Page 82-84 – “The 9th Step Promises” – How I see them today!

May 2, 2023

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Saturday – Ep: 430 – Into Action – Pages 80-83 – Step 9 – The alcoholic is like a tornado – Long period of reconstruction ahead – Ask God to show me the way of patience, tolerance, kindliness, and love – The spiritual life is not a theory we have to live it!

Apr 29, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 429 – Into Action – Pages 76-80 – Step 9 – What is my real purpose in AA? How do I lose fear of people? What are the specific suggestions on how to make amends? What should be my attitude when I go out to sweep away the debris I accumulated when I trying to live on self will? ,

Apr 26, 2023

Also a brief look at how I see the spiritual axium today … any comments mhurwitz50@gmail.com

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Saturday – Ep: 428 – Into Action – Pages 76-77 – Step 8 – Faith without works is dead! Am I completely willing to clean up the past? How free do I want to be? Am I willing to go to any lengths for victory over alcohol?

Apr 23, 2023

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Saturday – Ep: 427 – Into Action – Page 76 – Step 6 and 7 – Part 2 – How practicing these steps have been life changing for me!

Apr 19, 2023

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Saturday – Ep: 426 – Into Action – Page 76 – Step 6 and 7 – Part 1 – The steps of change! How to practice God’s character and not my character defects!

Apr 16, 2023

How do I drop my rock? Practicing 6 and 7 is the key for me to obtain emotional sobriety… any comments mhurwitz50@gmail.com

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Saturday – Ep: 425 – Into Action – Step 5 – Page 75 – The beginning of a spiritual experience – The fifth step results or promises

Apr 12, 2023

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Saturday – Ep:424 – Into Action – Step 5 – Part 2 – Pages 73-75 – We pocket our pride and go to it, illuminating every twist of character, every dark cranny of our past!

Apr 9, 2023
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Saturday – Ep 423 – Into Action – Step 5 – Part 1 – Pages 72-3 – What are we trying to accomplish with this step?

Apr 6, 2023
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Sat – Ep_ 422 – How it Works – Summary of the 4th step instructions – Results and Promises!

Apr 2, 2023

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Saturday – Ep: 421 – How it Works – Pages 68-70 – 4th Step – Now about Sex – Sex Inventory Instructions

Mar 29, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 420 – Acceptance was the Answer – Pages 407-420 – Part 2 – Powerful description of the principles of recovery!

Mar 25, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 419 – Acceptance was the Answer – Part 1 – So much wisdom in this story – It has been a great help to me thru the years

Mar 21, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 418- Step 4 – Fear Inventory – The second step proposition exercise on fear ( God is everything or else he is nothing what is our choice to be?) – Part 2 – see pdf under resources

Mar 19, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 417 – Step 4 – Fear Inventory – The second step proposition exercise on fear ( God is everything or He is nothing what is our choice to be?) – Part 1- pdf under resources

Mar 16, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 416 – How it Works – Pages 67-8 – 4th step Inventory Instructions on Fear – Part 2 -Freedom from Fear

Mar 12, 2023

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Saturday – Ep: 415 – How it Works – Pages 67-8 – 4th step instructions on fear inventory – Part1

Mar 9, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 414 – The Spiritual Checklist and the St. Francis Prayer – Essential tools for living the spiritual life!

Mar 6, 2023

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Saturday – Ep: 413 – How it Works – Pages 64-7 – Instructions for resentment inventory – Part 4 – How we get free from the from bondage to self!

Mar 3, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 412 – How it Works – Pages 63-7 – 4th step instructions in the book Alcoholics Anonymous – resentment inventory part 3 – instructions for freedom from anger

Feb 27, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 411 – How it Works – Pages 63-7 – 4th step instructions in the book Alcoholics Anonymous – resentment inventory part 2

Feb 22, 2023

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Saturday – Ep: 410 – How it Works – The 4th step instructions in the book Alcoholics Anonymous – Resentment Inventory – Part 1

Feb 15, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 409 – How it Works – Step 4 – The 4th Step Instructions in the book Alcoholic Anonymous – Purpose of the fourth step – Pages 63-4

Feb 10, 2023

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Saturday – Ep: 408 – How it Works – Pages 62-3 -Step 3 – The Third Step Prayer!

Feb 2, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 407 – How it Works – Pages 61-63 – Step 3 – Part 2 – What is the root of my troubles? What is the how and why of step 3? What is my contract with God?

Jan 30, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 406 – How it Works – Pages 60-3 – Step 3 – Part 1

Jan 27, 2023

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?

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Saturday – Ep: 405 – How it Works – Page 60 – The ABC’s – A detailed review of these 3 powerful statements

Jan 23, 2023

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Saturday – Ep: 404 – How it Works – Page 59 – AA has One Program of Recovery – The 12 Steps

Jan 19, 2023

I review the 12 steps and how they tie together to produce a psychic change -any comments mhurwitz50@gmail.com

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Saturday – Ep: 403 – How it Works – Pages 58-9 – Willing to go to any length? Let go of all my ideas? Am I at the turning point?

Jan 16, 2023
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Saturday – Ep: 402 – How it Works- Page 58 – We look at the first paragraph in how it works – A few sentences but a powerful message!

Jan 5, 2023

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Saturday – Ep: 401 – We Agnostics – Pages 53-57 – When we drew near to Him He disclosed Himself to us! Powerful last few pages of this remarkable chapter!

Jan 2, 2023

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Saturday – Ep: 400 – We Agnostics – Pages 53-55 – Where is the fundamental idea of God? How do we find the Great Reality?

Dec 31, 2022

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Saturday – Ep: 399 – We Agnostics – Pages 50-53 – The Dominoes of Change! Willingness – Believe – Decide – Act – Change!

Dec 27, 2022

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Saturday – Ep: 398 – We Agnostics – Pages 46-9 – The Second Step in the big book!

Dec 23, 2022
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Saturday – Ep: 397 – We Agnostics – Pages 45-6 – We found that God does not make too hard terms with those who seek Him!

Dec 20, 2022
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Saturday – Ep: 396 – We Agnostics – Pages 44-5 – Alcoholism is an illness only a spiritual experience can conquer!

Dec 17, 2022

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Saturday – Ep: 395 – More about Alcoholism – The Jaywalker – Pages 37-39 – Powerful description of step1 and the insanity of alcoholism

Dec 14, 2022
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Saturday – Ep: 394 – More about Alcoholism – Pages 39-43 – A man called Fred – Once again no human power can relieve my alcoholism – My defense must come from God!

Dec 12, 2022

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Saturday – Ep: 393 – Step 4 Sex Inventory Page 69-70 – Step 4 Promises Page 69-70

Dec 10, 2022

instructions for the sex inventory then we look at the promises as a result of the work done in step 4

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Saturday – Ep: 392 – How it Works – Pages 63-64 – Step 4 – Purpose of the personal inventory – Why do we have to do it? – Review of the first three steps and how they are vital and crucial but without step 4 nothing changes

Dec 8, 2022

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Saturday – Ep: 391 – More about Alcoholism – Pages 34-7 -A man called Jim – Powerful description of the alcoholic

Dec 6, 2022

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Saturday – Ep: 390 – More about Alcoholism – p 33-35 – Step 1 – Powerless over alcohol – The queer mental twist before the first drink

Dec 4, 2022

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Saturday – Ep: 389 – Step 12 – Sponsorship – Joe Mcq from Joe and Charlie shares his thoughts – Powerful – From Carry this Message

Dec 2, 2022

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.

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Saturday – Ep: 388 – Sponsorship – AA History – Is AA effectively carrying the message? From Carry this Message chapter 2

Nov 30, 2022

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.

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Saturday – Ep: 387 – Passing on a Special Gift – From Carry this message

Nov 28, 2022

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…

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Saturday – Ep: 386 – More about Alcoholism – Pages 30-33 – Once an Alcoholic always an Alcoholic

Nov 26, 2022

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Saturdays – Ep: 385 – Special Episode – Dr. Mike’s Story- Memorial Group – June 3, 2018

Nov 24, 2022

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

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Saturdays – Ep: 384 – Step 6 and 7 – Drop the Rock – Removing our character defects – Part 3

Nov 22, 2022

I can’t keep practicing my character defects and expect God to remove them!

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Saturdays – Ep: 383 – Step 6 and Step 7 – Drop the Rock – Removing our character defects – Part 2

Nov 20, 2022

Continue to look at the steps that transform me and the way I think and react to life.

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Saturdays – Ep: 382 – Steps 6 and 7 – Drop the Rock – Removing our character defects – Part 1

Nov 17, 2022

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.

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Saturday – Ep: 381- There is a Solution – Powerful ending Pages 28-9 – More about Alcoholism – Page 30 – The first step in recovery, not the program – What must I fully concede?

Nov 14, 2022

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Saturday – Ep: 380 – There is a Solution – Pages 29-30 – Desperation of a drowning man – The flimsy reed becomes the powerful hand of God

Nov 11, 2022
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Saturdays – Ep: 379 – Step 6 and Step 7 instructions page 76 and review of 5th step promises and intro to Drop the Rock

Nov 9, 2022

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.

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Saturday – Ep: 378 – There is a Solution – Pages 26-8 – Roland Hazzard receives the solution from Dr. Karl Jung – AA hx – Roland to Ebby to Bill to Dr. Bob to you today!

Nov 7, 2022
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Saturday – Ep: 377 – There is a Solution – Page 25 – Spiritual Experience Pages 567-8 – The solution is described on these pages!

Nov 4, 2022

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Saturday – Ep: 376 – There is a Solution – Pages 22-24 – I have no defense against alcohol! My defense must come from God!

Nov 1, 2022

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Saturdays – Ep: 375 – AA History – The Original Manuscript of the Book that started it all

Oct 29, 2022

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…

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Saturday – Ep: 374 – There is a Solution – Pages 19-23 – The disease centers in the mind!

Oct 27, 2022

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Saturday – Ep: 373 – AA History – A Synchronicity of Events – The Hand of God – Carry this message

Oct 25, 2022

The people and events which came together for the message of AA to come to us today.

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Saturday – Ep: 372 – AA History – Synchronicity of Events – A look at what is the message and are we carrying it today? Carry this message

Oct 25, 2022

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?

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Saturday – Ep: 371 – A Vision for You – Conclusion of the textbook of recovery – Powerful!

Oct 24, 2022
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Saturday – Ep: 370 – There is a Solution – Pages 17-19 – Alcoholism is an illness that annihilates all the things worthwhile in life – How should we present what has been so freely given to us? We have set forth to publish an anonymous volume describing the problem, the solution, and the program of recovery

Oct 19, 2022

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Saturday – Ep: 369 – Spiritual Experience or Spiritual Awakening – Part 8 – Steps 8 and 9

Oct 16, 2022

A look at how steps 8 and 9 put our lives in order. any comments mhurwitz50@gmail.com

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