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sugErspun · 01-22-2008, 04:02 PM

I was listening to a workshop on CD the other day, and the speaker (Don P) was talking about Ebby approaching Bill when he was drinking and the "Why don't you choose your own conception of God" and "Who are you to say there is no God" experience that Bill had ("God's impact on me was sudden and profound")

It clearly says that Bill offered Ebby a drink, and he would not have any. I think it is safe to assume that Bill was having one himself. As the next part states "At the hospital I was separated from Alcohol for the last time" - the common practice to submit prospects to the Doctor to dry out. I think it is safe to assume that Ebby convinced Bill to go to the hospital - as he visited him there.

Maybe someone here knows the history better than myself...

I think wet drunks need to be talked to - we pass them off to detox and rehabs. Maybe their heads need to be cleared (as the book suggests) before putting a program before them, but I think 'hope' can reach anyone, in any state.

Thanks for your consideration.

01-22-2008, 04:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
sugErspun Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,694	I was listening to a workshop on CD the other day, and the speaker (Don P) was talking about Ebby approaching Bill when he was drinking and the "Why don't you choose your own conception of God" and "Who are you to say there is no God" experience that Bill had ("God's impact on me was sudden and profound") It clearly says that Bill offered Ebby a drink, and he would not have any. I think it is safe to assume that Bill was having one himself. As the next part states "At the hospital I was separated from Alcohol for the last time" - the common practice to submit prospects to the Doctor to dry out. I think it is safe to assume that Ebby convinced Bill to go to the hospital - as he visited him there. Maybe someone here knows the history better than myself... I think wet drunks need to be talked to - we pass them off to detox and rehabs. Maybe their heads need to be cleared (as the book suggests) before putting a program before them, but I think 'hope' can reach anyone, in any state. Thanks for your consideration.