Posts Tagged ‘More About Alcoholism’
Wednesdays – Year 5 – Ep: 25 – More about Alcoholism – Step 1 – Pages 36-39 – A man called Fred – We have no defense against the first drink- The defense must come from God!
Fred’s story is the final example that we have no defense against the first drink. Will power, self knowledge, a perfect day, nothing stopped Fred from taking the first drink. Every time I read this story I see more truth!
Read MoreWednesdays – Year 5 – Ep: 23 – More about Alcoholism – Pages 36-39 – Step 1- The Jaywalker – An illustration of the insanity of alcoholism
Wednesdays – Year 5 – Ep: 22 – More about alcoholism – Pages 34-7 – Step 1 -The mental state that precedes a relapse into drinking – Our first example is a man named Jim
Wednesdays – Year 5 – Ep: 21 – More About Alcoholism – Step 1 – Pages 30-34 – What is the first step in recovery? What is required to take this step? If I plan to stop drinking I must have no reservation of any kind or any lurking notion that someday I will be immune to alcohol!
Saturdays – Year 2 – Ep: 14 – A man called Fred – The description of the alcoholic – Once again, no human power can relieve our alcoholism – More about alcoholism – Pages 39-43
Members said this was a very powerful episode and uses Fred to hammer home to the reader the powerlessness. The description of the alcoholic mind. The inability to see the truth about alcohol. Ever. Without God. May you find him now. Like to hear from you mhurwitz50@gmail.com
Read MoreSaturdays – Year 2 – Ep: 13 – Alcoholic Insanity – The jaywalker – More about Alcoholism – Pages 36-39 – Step 1
This chapter is designed to show the mental twist that we have no defense against. To show us our insanity and powerlessness. We review Jim and then the jaywalker then a description of the insanity that proceeds the first drink.
Read MoreSaturdays – Year 2 – Ep: 12 – More about Alcoholism – The queer mental twist – A man named Jim – Pages 34-37 – Step 1
This chapter is great. No other way to describe it. The man named Jim. The inability for me and any real alcoholic to see the truth about alcohol before I take the first drink on my own without God! Ever! No defense. It MUST come from a higher power.
Read MoreSaturdays – Year 2 – Ep: 11 – The baffling feature of alcoholism – More about Alcoholism – Pages 32-5 -Step 1
This episode gives the example of the man of thirty which has a powerful message for all alcoholics! It begins discussion of the queer mental twist which all real alcoholics have in common. The baffling feature of alcoholism is discussed.
Read MoreSaturdays – Year 2 – Ep: 10 – Step 1 – More about alcoholism – The First Step in Recovery – Pages 30-32
These pages contain the first step in recovery not the first step of the program of recovery. They discuss the illusion that kills us and the delusion we have that must be smashed. Every alcoholic should read and know these few pages no matter the length of their sobriety.
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