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The Primary Purpose Group Big Book Study Guide
DOCTOR BOB S NIGHTMARE
(Page 175)
Comment: Off the Italian coast is a rock [Scylla] opposite a whirlpool
[Charybdis] -- possibly the source of the expression, between a rock and a hard
place.
1. Why did Dr. Bob say that?
2-a. At the end of three years, what happened?
2-b. What did he persuade his friends to do?
2-c. Or he resorted to what?
(Note: Did you ever steal to drink?)
(P) 5-a. At this point, what did his father do?
5-b. How long was he confined?
7. At the end of two months, what did he do?
8. This episode scared him sufficiently to cause him to do what?
(P) 9. What Constitutional Amendment gave him a sense of security?
Comment: This Amendment, Prohibition, went into effect in 1920 and ended in
1933.
10. Why did he believe that?
11. Consequently, it would make no great difference even if he what?
12. What two things was he unaware of?
13-a. So how did he start drinking?
13-b. What happened in a short time?
(P) 15. Over the next two years what happened?
16. What were they?
17-a. Since he was not blessed with an abundance of money,
what was he forced to do?
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