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AA speaker Dr. Mike's Experience the Big Book is an AA Big Book study podcast helping alcoholics learn how to apply the 12 steps to their recovery program. The first 164 pages of the book are looked at and discussed in detail, line-by-line, so we fully understand what is meant in each step and how to take action to further our recovery. The podcast is supported by the Experience the Big Book website, which provides additional written articles, downloadable PDFs and other resources to help aid recovery.

Dr Mike

Topeka, KS


    • Dec 23, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Saturday – Ep: 398 – We Agnostics – Pages 46-9 – The Second Step in the big book!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2022 33:58


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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!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2022 29:22


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2022 21:57


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2022 29:58


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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!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2022 38:47


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2022 38:31


    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 noth

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2022 31:34


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2022 32:54


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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

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2022 33:37


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2022 29:16


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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?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2022 31:19


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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

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2022 32:37


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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!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2022 32:32


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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!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2022 37:19


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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!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2022 33:09


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2022 38:27


    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!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2022 34:38


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2022 35:58


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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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2022 31:22


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

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2022 42:22


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

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    Saturday – Ep: 368 – A Vision for You – Pages 158-161 – AA History – AA in the beginning

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2022 30:49


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    Saturday – Ep: 357 – Spiritual Experience or Spiritual Awakening – Part 7 – How Steps 5,6, and 7 contribute to our spiritual awakening

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2022 42:08


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    Saturday – Ep: 356 – A Vision for You – Pages 154-158 – Bill W and Dr. Bob carry the message to AA no. 3 and to us today

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2022 28:06


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    Saturday – Ep: 365 – A Vision for You – Pages 153-156 – Bill W meets Dr. Bob – One Alcoholic working with another Alcoholic – AA is born

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2022 33:52


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    Saturday – Ep: 364 – Spiritual Experience or Spiritual Awakening – Part 6 – How does the fourth step make us spiritually awake? What are the results of the fourth step?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2022 51:19


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    Saturday – Ep: 363 – Beginning Experience the Big Book for 15th year – There is a Solution – Page 17 – The common peril and the cement that binds us

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2022 34:28


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    Saturday – Ep: 362 – Bill’s Story – Pages 13-16 – Bill W has a spiritual experience and begins carrying the message that reaches us today

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2022 37:28


    Some say this was the birth of AA.  any comments mhurwitz50@gmail.com

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    Saturday – Ep: 361 – A Vision for You – Pages 151-153 – This chapter is a powerful conclusion to this textbook on the directions on how to recover from a hopeless condition of mind and body

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2022 33:03


    in these first pages they contrast the despair of complete defeat with the joy of recovery. any comments mhurwitz50@gmail.com

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    Saturday – Ep: 360 – Spiritual Experience or Spiritual Awakening – Part 5 – How do I achieve it and then keep it? What is the role of the 4th step in this process?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2022 65:38


    The resentment inventory unlocks the door to go from living in darkness to walk in the light

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    Saturday – Ep: 359 – Bill’s Story – Pages 12-14 – Bill W in Towns Hospital – I believe these pages are essential for all alcoholics to read and understand – The whole deal!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2022 32:30


    Bill W works the steps and has a spiritual experience …. 

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    Saturday – Ep: 358 – Spiritual Experience or Spiritual Awakening – Part 4 – What does it mean? How do we obtain it? How do we get it? How do we keep it?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2022 42:45


    The result of the steps is the spiritual awakening. Going through what the book tells us about it. Why we need it and how it is manifest in our life and how do i obtain it and keep it. any comments mhurwitz50@gmail.com

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    Saturday – Ep: 357 – To Employers – What is required in step 1 and how do you carry the message in step 12?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2022 32:51


    This chapter is excellent. I believe it has powerful information on step 1 and step 12.

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    Saturday – Ep: 356 – Bill’s Story – Pages 8-12 – Bill W and Ebby T in Bill’s Kitchen – The Hand of God – The message to us today!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2022 34:19


    Bill changes his mind and melts the icy intellectual mountain in which he had lived and stood in the sunlight at last

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    Saturday – Ep: 355 – To Employers – Pages 136-142 – One of the ” lost chapters” – Practicing spiritual principles with others especially in the workplace

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2022 34:31


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    Saturday – Ep: 354 – Bill’s Story – Step 1 – Pages 4-8 – The disease progression of alcoholism – Bill W admits complete defeat!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2022 30:50


    These 4 pages should be understood by every alcoholic. Is his experience true for me?

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    Saturday – Ep – 353 – Spiritual Experience or Spiritual Awakening – Part 3 – What is it? How do we get it? How do we keep it?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2022 50:22


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    Saturday – Ep: 352 – The Family Afterward – Part 4 – Pages 130-135 – First Things First – Live and Let Live – Easy Does It

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2022 33:00


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    Saturday – Ep: 351 – Spiritual Experience or Spiritual Awakening – Part 2 – What is it? How is it manifested in our lives? What does the big book tell us about getting it and keeping it?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 35:57


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    Saturday – Ep: 350 – Bills Story – Part 1 – Pages 1-4 – A message of hope – How we go from a hopeless condition of mind and body to a life of service to God and others!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2022 31:32


    I don't  know how many times I have gone through these pages but more and more I see the hand of God in this powerful message! any comments mhurwitz50@gmail.com

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    Saturday – Ep: 349 – Spiritual Awakening or Spiritual Experience – What does this mean? A look at the result of the steps – Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2022 37:11


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    Saturday – Ep: 348 – Drs. Opinion – Part 3 – xxxix to xxxii – Powerful words

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2022 31:13


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    Saturday – Ep: 347 – The Family Afterward – Part 2 – Pages 127-130 – Spiritual principles to practice in all our affairs

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2022 30:57


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    Saturday – Ep: 345 – Drs. Opinion – Part 2 – What is the problem and solution? Pages xxviii-xxix

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2022 30:30


    The Dr. in these 2 pages describes the disease of alcoholism and his conception of what is required for successful treatment

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    Saturday – Ep: 344 – The Family Afterward – Practicing the principles in all our affairs – Pages -122-7

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2022 28:36


     Relationships at home after the alcoholic is sober and trying to live a spiritual life. Spiritual principles to guide all those involved.

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    Saturday – Ep: 343 – Going from the not drinking book to the God book – Pages 44-5

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2022 35:23


    The transition from step 1 to becoming a God seeker

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    Saturday – Ep: 342 – Drs. Opinion – Step 1 – Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2022 31:22


    The disease of alcoholism described by Dr. Silkworth in 1939. Any comments mhurwitz50@gmail.com

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    Saturday – Ep: 341 – Step1 – Part 3 – Description of the alcoholic – The Jaywalker – Pages 37- 39

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2022 37:58


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    Saturday – Ep: 340 – Step1 – Part 2 – The description of the alcoholic – The insanity of the first drink – A man called Jim

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2022 33:08


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    Saturday – Ep: 339 – Step1 – Description of the Alcoholic – What makes me powerless over alcohol? Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2022 42:50


    A look at step 1 using information presented in chapter more about alcoholism …

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    Saturday – Ep: 338 – Step 2 in the Big Book – Come to Believe – We Agnostics – Pages 45-47

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2022 31:41


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    Saturday – Ep: 337 – Starting the book Alcoholics Anonymous again – Introduction – Hx and purpose of the book

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2022 31:34


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