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We connect suffering addicts to recovered addicts who guide newcomers through a personalized one on one study of the original, undiluted 12 step program described in the big book of alcoholics anonymous. And then i saw what happened to a friend of mine who worked the steps from the big book. I dont care if you attend a gazillion meetings there is no recovery going to get to you as a result of sitting in a chair in a million a meetings. If one says that he has done so, he should demonstrate it by speaking on the step directly and accurately. It is the basic text of the fellowship of alcoholics anonymous, and has helped large numbers of alcoholic men and women, young and old, recover as of december 2009, 30,664,881 copies of the big book have been sold or otherwise distributed source aa gso ny. The big book and a study guide of the 12 steps of aa audible audio edition.

Playback recording numbers of our 12 steps in 4 hours workshops. Step 2 came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Big book 12 step guide it only takes 4 hours to learn how it works. The following is a suggested format for a big book step study meeting with emphasis on the fourth step. Eventually the group chose to keep the question and answer book study format, but to use a modern. The big book and a study guide of the 12 steps of aa by. Its these 12 steps, these seven chapters, a mere 103 pages which, when we allow them, change the course of our lives. Big book step study workshop all addictions step study. Aa big book with questions for discussion emotional.

Big book step study preamble sobriety, the freedom from alcohol through the teaching and practice of the twelve steps, is the sole purpose of an a. Actually, my husband is reading the 12 and 12 as those of us who are friends of bill call it. Step 1 we are going to change it up a little and post a big book study workshop that took place in 2011, each speaker is presenting for about an hour on one step. We continue to take inventory as in step four and continue to make amends if we harm anyone as in steps eight and nine. If temperamentally we are on the depressive side, we are apt to be swamped with guilt and selfloathing. The book is ideal for sessions with your sponsor or sponsees. The individual sections of this study guide material reflect ideas, emotions and attitudes you might hear from the.

Difference between 12step meetings and big book meetings. There seems to be more big book study meetings than twelve steps and twelve tradition meetings. The primary purpose of this site is to carry the message contained within the big book of alcoholics anonymous. History of the beginner classes, by wally p reports on an early approach to introducing newcomers to the 12 steps in four, short meetings. We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics. The purpose of this study guide is to enable the student to better understand the information the authors of the book, alcoholics anonymous, intended to impart to each of us based on their experience and knowledge of alcoholism and their program of recovery. The podcast will be one step each day for the next 12 days. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. The big book holds within it the central thesis and ideas of alcohol anonymous and the 12 step approach. Open, big book, step study the simple actions group. It is meant to provide all the resources one needs to study the 12 steps as outlined in the 4th edition of alcoholics anonymous. This twelve step workbook guide substitutes terms and phrases related to alcoholism to include. The primary purpose group of alcoholics anonymous of dallas, texas, in january, 1988. For further study, it is suggested that you get a copy of the big book of alcoholics anonymous.

Why would bill capitalize the word fellowship here and not anywhere else in the big book. Big book step index step 1 we admitted we were powerless over alcohol that our lives had become unmanageable. Big book of aa all 12 steps understand and complete one step at a time in. The aa pioneers proved that action, not knowledge, produced the spiritual awakening.

Read the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions. The sole purpose of this workshop is to study and experience the steps as they are laid out in the big book of alcoholics anonymous. During any such meeting to study the aa big book, you would expect to encounter a wide variety of viewpoints on the portions under consideration. Aa big book with questions for discussion hi everyone. S we work the fi rst nine steps, we prepare ourselves for the adventure of a new life. Our primary purpose is to work the steps and teach others how to teach others how to work the steps. Bbss speakers on step one in accordance with the twelve traditions of alcoholics anonymous we admitted we were powerless over alcoholthat our lives had become unmanageable. Tells the story of na founder, jimmy k, mostly in his own words. Alcoholics anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their. To read a pdf version of the fourth edition of alcoholics anonymous click here. Details several interviews with big book sponsors and their insights into the 12 steps.

Alcoholics anonymous is often referred to as a 12step program, and aa is the basis for many other 12step programs that have been established. I just wanted to share some thoughts, ideas and opinions on this. The big book and a study guide of the 12 steps of aa wilson, bill, silkworth, william, bob, dr. Just 1212 step and tradition meetings or big book study which skipped over the 12 steps to the stories. We made this book so that anyone who wants to can point easily to all 12 step instructions in the big book. Science, religious science, psychiana, society for the study of metaphysical religion. We are not experts on the big book of alcoholics anonymous. The big book says, here are the steps we took not here are the steps we read and talked about. The big book of alcoholics anonymous including twelve steps and. Steps by the big book free sbbb workbook for the 12. The sunday evening macon ga meeting is an online meeting. Our origins are the students of the big book group, which has met in woodland hills, california since december of 1985.

This site is optimized for mobile devices as well as desktoplaptop computers. Big book step study groups ask that people share their experience with the steps as they are laid out in our basic text. The big book and a study guide of the 12 steps of aa. This site has been built and maintained to support anyone in recovery. Experience the big book is a guided, detailed study of the aa big book and 12 steps, by dr.

Bob smith, glenn langohr, glenn langohr, one day at a. The big book bunch 12 step workbook we are the big book bunch group of alcoholics anonymous. What we endeavor to do is share our experience working the 12steps from the book alcoholics anonymous. This is an all addictions big book step study workshop. But when we approach step ten we commence to put our a. We take six or so paragraphs from the book addressing each step and provide a panel of speakers who share continue reading open, big book, step study. More meetings in the meeting list have hyperlinks now. If the only two options, as outlined in the big book, is to either start living on a. In a friendly, focused group of sponsors, sponsees, and others in recovery, we study and practice the 12 steps as they were originally described in the text, alcoholics anonymous. Step 4 big book step study step 4 turnarounds hi, im looking for replies from those who have done step 4 exactly as it is written in the big book. To this end we ask ourselves two primary questions. So, to all the present and past members of this group goes.

I am a 35 plus year club member, i think my husband has had two. Maybe thoroughly too, sincere, dedicated with the best of intentions, even line by line word by word with all the desperation of drowning men. Big book 12 step guide a sociological study of unities. We are not affiliated with any twelve step fellowship. An unofficial guide to the twelve steps, edited by dr. Has the spiritual principles mentioned in the 12 steps put you off in the past or does it still put you off at present. Big book with a spiritual view beyond the limits of traditional religion. We wal low in this messy bog, often getting a misshapen and pain ful pleasure out of it. We are looking at adopting a new format for some of our meetings, it is called the hyannis format and is based on a format developed in hyannis, massachusetts by some recovered alcoholics. It was voted by group conscience that the purpose of this meeting is to help alcoholics achieve sobriety by studying, discussing, and practicing the steps as they are laid out in the.

Read about what the alcoholics anonymous big book is and learn about the details of the 12step program. The big book and a study guide of the 12 steps of aa book. The primary instructions for the 12 steps are highlighted, in. He told me at some point when he was into it, you dont know shit. Big book meetings, you read a chapter out of alcoholics anonymous book and have a discussion afterwards. Discussion on the book would often be prefaced by well, im not sure if this part of the book applies to sex addiction so instead we use some hybrid recovery tool. Big book and 12 step sources identifying the roots and the references dick b. The primary purpose group big book study guide a study of the basic text for alcoholics anonymous. Home read the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions twelve steps and twelve traditions twelve steps and twelve traditions a cofounder of alcoholics anonymous tells how members recover and how the society functions. You can also hear the recordings of the all addictions 12step study workshop meetings by clicking on 12step study workshop above, and the big book study can be heard by clicking on big book study above. This step is described on roman numeral pages 25 32 xxv xxxii, on pages 1 44. Step 5 we are going to change it up a little and post a big book study workshop that took place in 2011, each speaker is presenting for about an hour on one step. Big book step study vs 12 steps and 12 traditions, getting. It is meant as a supplement to a rigorous program, to be used whenever and wherever it might be needed.

If they havent done the steps that way or they arent sure, we ask that they be openminded enough to listen. Helping others newcomers is the foundation stone of your recovery. If you wish to be contacted please fill out the form below and click submit. Our big book step instructions booklet is published below for public use and printing adobe acrobat pdf. We wish to make the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous part of our lives by collaborating with a power greater than ourselves an inner knowing, our own best and highest nature. The official a plan of recovery is not the meetings. Big book step study step 4 turnarounds soberrecovery. These 12 steps are outlined in chapter 5, how it works, of the big book. I am getting stuck on understanding my turnarounds, especially the selfseeking.