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2nd MEETING- Dr's Opinion; Bill's Story II
On Your Own:
Buy a stenographer's notebook and begin to note your reactions to the matters set forth in the Doctor's Opinion. Begin to write "How I was powerless over alcohol." It is important that you write out any reservations you still have that you are, indeed, powerless over alcohol.
Read Chapter 1, Bill's Story, and be prepared to discuss at next
week's meeting how it applies to your life.
With the Group:
Read Chapter 1, Bill's Story.
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Did you ever wonder if you were crazy? (page 5)
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Did you ever feel the remorse, horror and hopelessness of the next
morning? (page 6)
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Did your mind ever race uncontrollably? (page 6)
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Did you ever seek oblivion? (page 6) Did you feel lonely? (page 6) Did you feel fear? (page 6)
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What was your reaction to religion, the church and God? (page 10) Note what happened to Bill's prejudice against "their God" when
he began to use his own concept of God. (page 12)
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Did you know that "nothing more was required...to make my
beginning" than a willingness to believe?
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Notice how Bill was instructed to find God's will and to pray. (page 13)
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Isn't it true that Bill essentially takes the First through Eleventh
Steps at this time while still in the hospital? (page 13)
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These are just samples of the sort of questions to be asked or points to be raised. What was of particular significance to you in this chapter? What did you find that you can't agree with or that you can't accept?
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