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Wed Night AA: Chapter 3 - More About Alcoholism

Good evening folks,
        This week we will be covering Chapter 3 - More About Alcoholism. 

In case you ever get the odd notion that all the knowledge we've acquired about alcoholism, on its own, will be sufficient  to keep you from that next drink, this chapter aims to show beyond a reasonable doubt that ..."the actual or potential alcoholic, with hardly an exception, will be absolutely unable to stop drinking on the basis of self-knowledge." (p39). Now that's good information to keep in mind!!!
See everyone soon.
Regards,
David t.
2014 Meeting Dates

01/29/14  Speaker Meeting <Shane B>
02/26/14  Speaker Meeting <Fred D>
03/26/14  Speaker Meeting <Pete T>
04/30/14  Speaker Meeting <Clive T>
05/28/14  Speaker Meeting <Todd P>
07/30/14 Speaker Meeting <Dave W>
08/27/14 Speaker Meeting <Edwin H>

09/03/14 Preface & Foreword to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Editions
09/10/14 The Doctor's Opinion
09/17/14 Chapter 1 - Bill's Story
09/24/14 Speaker Meeting <Larry H>

10/1/14  Chapter 2 - There is a Solution
10/8/14 Chapter 3 - More About Alcoholism
10/15/14 Chapter 4 - We Agnostics
10/22/14 Chapter 5 - How It Works
10/29/14 SPEAKER MEETING

11/5/14 Chapter 6 - Into Action
11/12/14 Chapter 7- Working with Others
11/18/14 Chapter 8 - To Wives
11/26/14 SPEAKER MEETING
12/3/14  Chapter 9 - The Family Afterward
12/10/14 Chapter 10 - To Employers
12/17/14 Chapter 11 - A Vision for You
12/24/14 SPEAKER MEETING

12/31/14 ~New Years~

Group Feedback:

David, I think that was a good comment today.  I think we have to be careful that we do not eliminate other sources of help..or dismiss as irrelevant.  I have seen a psychologist for two years off and on who is excellent and endorses AA.  She has been able to help me with issues that  may have caused the desire for alcohol or to escape from those issues.  But she would be the first to say she does not have the solution to how to stop drinking...they are related though as many of the real causes, if not dealt with , will cause trouble sober or not....I think step 4 and 5 are  good in dealing with this ..where they are limited is that sometimes we do not always know ourselves what is really bothering us or why...    I love the Big Book but we have to be careful we do not make it another Torah, Bible, Koran, Bhagavad Gita, etc.....it was written by men who also had their issues. Russ
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