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Too funny: The Big Book on sex p.69 and p.96

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

I was hanging out with a small group of AA members tonight, and we got going pretty good on the topic of sex and romantic relationships with other AA members. I threw out there that on p.69 (how perfect), The Big Book basically says to Step 3 (I mean this as an action verb) the [...]

Don’t ask about dating (part 2)

Saturday, June 20th, 2009

“We treat sex as we would any other problem. In meditation, we ask God what we should do about each specific matter. The right answer will come, if we want it. God alone can judge our sex situation. Counsel with persons is often desirable, but we let God be the final judge. We avoid hysterical thinking or advice.”

Don’t ask about dating (part 1)

Friday, June 19th, 2009

I just got back from my AA meeting. I asked about dating. There is nothing in The Big Book about dating. But it’s an informal guideline that you don’t date during the first year. The woman I spoke to tonight said, “What kind of a person wants to be involved with a sick person?