Clear discussions of each step and probing questions offer us a guide to personal insight and reflection. These questions are not oa approved, but tailored to this workshop to support discussions. Steps by the big book free sbbb workbook for the 12 steps. The big book holds within it the central thesis and ideas of alcohol anonymous and the 12 step approach. Video webcast of a big book study and step four workshop may 1820, 2018. This page contains notes and handouts for the 12 step big book workshop on aas 12 steps, as presented by dallas b. It provides certain details not available in other podcasts. Welcome to big book revealed a site dedicated to the process of recovery as outlined in the big book of alcoholics anonymous.
These three workbooks feature information to reinforce important points in the book and include exercises for selfexamination and disclosure. The big book and a study guide of the 12 steps of aa wilson, bill, silkworth, william, bob, dr. That is what the authors of the big book and millions before you did. 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. Aa big book step study, reading assignments kristin w. We hope this manual is useful throughout recovery, whether one is working the steps for. Aa big book with questions for discussion emotional.
You can trust odomtology 12step recovery media to be synonymous with the best online recovery material out there. Playback recording numbers for our 12 steps in 4 hours workshop. View details spanish a program for you workbook steps 47 item. Step eleven sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with god as we understood him, praying only for knowledge of his will for us and the power to carry that out. The big book and a study guide of the 12 steps of aa.
Big book step study hyannis format the primary purpose group. A list, and look, at the big book step study bbss meetings. Includes a zoom meeting schedule and qualified speakers, recorded at the asheville bbss meeting between 1999 and 2018. The following is a suggested format for a big book step study meeting with emphasis on the fourth step. This does not imply either approval of or endorsement by this organization which, i understand, feels alcoholics. Twelve steps and twelve traditions alcoholics anonymous. Although im actually going to a meeting where they read the. Bobs story paragraph numbers along side the text for easy reference. Big book step study vs 12 steps and 12 traditions, getting. Upon achieving step one the admission of powerlessness and step two agreeing that there is, in fact, a higher power, step three goes beyond words to actions. Aa big book step study, reading assignments herb k. Steps by the big book is a nocharge website for people in recovery from alcohol and drugs and other addictions who wish to study the 12 steps of alcoholics. Pray for help with the assets and shortcomings you found in your 4 th and 10 th step work.
Paragraph numbers along side the text for easy reference. The new sponsorship guide is your syllabus throughout your 12step course that goes in conjunction with the current 12 3 questionnaire. It opens the door to the rest of the steps and allows a person to begin the process of selfreflection step four and admitting the nature of ones wrongdoings step five. Sam shoemaker history of aa charlotte, nc 1962 duration. Maybe thoroughly too, sincere, dedicated with the best of intentions, even line by line word by word with all the desperation of drowning men. The big book 12 steps study the ranch tn recovery ranch. This site has been built and maintained to support anyone in recovery. Stepbystep guide for sponsors a companion to aas big book.
As we read in the preface to the fourth edition of the big book. Home read the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions. By buddy t a look at step 10 of the twelve step program. You will need idiots guide as you go through steps 1 3. It can be used as a handy reference to big book of alcoholics anonymous 4th edition following the instructional flow utilized in the back to 40s five week program. This is only an introduction to the spiritual riches of the big books directions to the 12 steps. Known as the big book, it is in its fourth edition and is widely circulated through out the world. 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. In that setting, consider that, over in the corner, sits an old timer who has been around aa for over half a century. P rayer and meditation are our principal means of conscious contact with god. Introduction to steps by the big book, workbook for the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous aa steps 12 3 notes. Playback recording numbers of our 12 steps in 4 hours workshops. All references to the topics will be found in the first 164 pages of the book, alcoholics anonymous.
The big book alcoholics anonymous outlines how it works. Quotes and questions for workshop in meeting 1 step 1. This approach has expanded to encompass a wide range of addictive and. 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. Paul sponsored a big book study and separate step four workshop which are available as a recorded visual webcast. Steps by the big book free sbbb workbook for the 12. Steps by the big book free sbbb workbook for the 12 steps of. Quotations from alcoholics anonymous and the twelve steps and twelve traditions are with permission of a.
Aa big book study edition alcoholics anonymous big book study. New 12 3 sponsorship guide for the 12 3 questionnaire. Aug 24, 2017 all 12 steps of joes big book study free audio download at. The sponsorship guide is your syllabus throughout your 12step course using the idiots guide below, are the idiots guides for the addictionissue you are addressing. Given current events we have moved to a virtual meeting only, until further notice. Part one als 40 day serendipity journey al kohallek begins his most ambitious undertaking part one covers the first nine steps using the first 164 pages of the big book alcoholics anonymous and the steps form the book 12 steps and 12 traditions. Aa big book study edition aa big book, aa coins, aa. The first book written to cover the 12 step program was titled alcoholics anonymous, affectionately known as the big book by program members. Big book step study hyannis format 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. I admit that i am powerless over alcoholthat my life has. There seems to be more big book study meetings than twelve steps and twelve tradition meetings. Home read the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions twelve steps and twelve traditions. To show other alcoholics addicts precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book.
Entire original manuscript about including the stories. Helping others newcomers is the foundation stone of your recovery. Formats in which the twelve steps and twelve traditions can be read. This guide has been prepared not as a replacement for or interference to our basic texts the big book and 12 and 12 but as a companion for the ideas and directions presented there.
The first 12step program started with alcoholics anonymous aa in the late 1930s. The individual sections of this study guide material reflect ideas, emotions and attitudes you might hear from the. Following the subsequent extensive growth of twelve step programs for other addictive and dysfunctional behaviors, many additional books were written and recordings and videos were produced. It is meant to provide all the resources one needs to study the 12 steps as outlined in the 4th edition of alcoholics anonymous. To personalize the step for your study and action in the here and now, however, you may wish to rephrase it as. To read a pdf version of the fourth edition of alcoholics anonymous. The individual sections of this study guide material reflect ideas, emotions and attitudes you might hear from the mouth of that old timer over in the corner. Bbss big book step study an approach to working the twelve steps as they are laid out in the big book alcoholics anonymous. In a friendly, focused group of sponsors, sponsees, and others in recovery, we study and practice the 12. Because this book has become the basic text for our society and has helped such large numbers. The only requirements are to show up, to study the big book and to practice the steps. 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. Aa the original way 12 step guide aa the original way group. Just 1212 step and tradition meetings or big book study which skipped over the 12 steps to the stories.
To show other alcoholics addicts precisely how we have recovered is. Take all 12 steps in just 4 hours download this aa big book step guide and work book. The first 164 pages of the aa big book study edition comes with lined pages opposite of the text for note taking. Big book sponsorship 12 step recovery from any and all. All 12 steps of joes big book study free audio download at. The saturday morning big book step study meeting of alcoholics anonymous normally meets every saturday from 9 a. Joe mcq from the joe and charlie big book study tapes. Big book step study aa meetings turned out to be the antidote and balance to that weak aa message and group that dominated aa at the time. For further study, it is suggested that you get a copy of the big book of alcoholics anonymous. An unofficial guide to the twelve steps, edited by dr.
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