In the process, the period for taking the steps was expanded and modified from 4. This book is dedicated to step two in the twelve steps of recovery in alcoholics anonymous. Usually you are dealing with the mind, but in the context of the big book, you are dealing with the body. I still smoke pot, ill eagerly take pills when theyre available to me, im hooked on sex.
Alcohol was my main problem but im not an alcoholic. Northwest arkansas alcoholics anonymous that aint in. I did like so many others before me and leafed through the pages with extreme skepticism. International convention detroit, michigan july 25, 2020. To read a pdf version of the fourth edition of alcoholics anonymous click here. Craving is what happens after we put one or two drinks in our body. The third and most recent edition of the big book contains 575 pages. God has abundantly supplied this world with fine doctors, psychologists, and practitioners of various kinds. The big book of neardeath experiences is the encyclopedia of this phenomenon, including crucial research regarding the experience, its aftereffects, and the implications for all of us who someday will shed this mortal coil. Jennifer a on experience the big book aa meetings available online. This steps by the big book workbook is for those who are willing to grow along spiritual lines 60. Personal stories, some of which change with each new edition, make up twothirds of the book. The 164 and more book, ebook, and web site are all concordances which display passages from the big book alcoholics anonymous, the twelve steps and twelve traditions, and the a. We could find all sorts of occult and esoteric connotations in the simple outlines, but foremost in our minds were easily understood meanings and.
When temporary good fortune came our way, we indulged ourselves in fantasies of still greater victories over people and circumstances. Only 164 pages, the first third of the book, specifically outline the aa way of life. This, the newcomer thinks, is just about the last straw. Overdrive, the leading vendor facilitating library ebook lending, reported that total 2015 ebook circulation was up 19% over the previous year, and that 33 u. Mike on experience the big book aa meetings available online. However, bitter experience for many has shown us that if it does go wrong in these areas before we have done the steps, it can go badly wrong. What was our choice to be alcoholics anonymous, 53. Sorting and rendering passages in the proprietary format of the 164 and more concordance does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either alcoholics. Now i have tried to read and apply the 12 steps as written in the 12 12 book many times at varying times in my aa recovery. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves reading. Our notes, commentary, and genderneutral changes are formatted in italics.
More is revealed further on in the big book, but most of the information about the problem is found here in these two 2 chapters. Unmanageable in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps. This step is described on roman numeral pages 25 32 xxv xxxii, on pages 1 44. You can search the alcoholics anonymous big book for phrases, key words, etc. 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. By charlotte safir, lcdc we admitted we were powerless over alcohol that our lives had become unmanageable. The big book is structured and laid out in a very particular manner. The big book does say that some alcoholics are perfectly well balanced apart from their attitude toward drink.
This book explores the possibility of the soul, god, other worlds, heaven and hell, the afterlife, religion, and the. The primary instructions for the 12 steps are highlighted, in. Big book workbook is for those who are willing to grow along spiritual lines 60. Big book step index step 1 we admitted we were powerless over alcohol that our lives had become unmanageable. Well its quite clear that these two great tastes that are supposed to go together, were written to go together, dont go together with a palate like mine. In step 2 you will discover a great translation for the word sanity that you will be able to relate to. This is part three of a 15 episode indepth big book study that took place in 2009 part three is about step 2 now what, and is presented by pete h.
Difference between 12step meetings and big book meetings. However, ellis believed that steps, 2, 3, 6, 7, and 11, those urging alcoholics to rely upon a higher power, to be of dubious value. You may find the complete text on the official web site of alcoholics anonymous on this page you can discover what this book tells about. Alcoholism and chemical dependency treatment and recovery resources. What are the results when i try to make things happen the way i want them to happen manage, manipulate, etc. 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. The best big book workshop workbook available anywhere today is right here in your hands. Alcoholism and drug addiction treatment and recovery articles. Sharing 28 years of experience with the big book in a step workshop weekend the wilson house east dorset vt march 17 19, 2000. New stories have been added to the personal histories.
For further study, it is suggested that you get a copy of the big book of alcoholics anonymous. Our notes, commentary, and genderinclusive changes are formatted in italics. Our big book step instructions booklet is published below for public use and printing adobe acrobat pdf. Nature abhors a vacuum and a state of nothing cant exist in either the material or spiritual world. Big book meeting reads a chapter from the book alcoholics anonymousthe big book and discusses it after. The big book and a study guide of the 12 steps of aa big steps for little monsters. It points out that the only thing that stands in the way of. Before we start discussing step three, however, its important to discuss the first two and half pages of chapter five how it works pages 58 to 60. We wish to make the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous part of our.
Step 2 came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Our goal is to study the steps as a friendly, focused group, and work them as the authors of the big book described. Big book overview alcoholics anonymous or the big book as it is commonly called was first published in 1939 and was subtitled the story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism. And in doing so, through the strength of a higher power, i have managed to quit drinking. Stories to share for each big step sesame street twelve jewish steps to recovery 2e. Amends in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and 12. We take no responsibility for the content on any website which we link to. Big book of aa step 2 understand and complete one step. Step three is discussed in the big book from the bottom of page 60 to the bottom of page 63. 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. Whats the difference between the aa big book and the na. Popular 12 steps books meet your next favorite book. I was 36, divorced with 2 children, and hopelessly addicted to alcohol. The big books chapter we agnostics draws a line in the sand.
The big book of alcoholics anonymous including twelve steps and. I was to know happiness, peace and usefulness, in a way of life that is incredibly more wonderful as time passes. It produces a physical craving for more of the same. This version is only usable to read the big book like a novel, page 1 first and then each successive page thereafter.
Big book step study vs 12 steps and 12 traditions, getting. The big book explains that we must make a list that includes all our resentments we have and have ever had, an account of sexual conduct and our fears. Steps by the big book step 2 steps by the big book. Monthly big book readings aa the original way group. Six months earlier, the broker had been relieved of his drink obsession by a sudden spiritual xv. The story of how many thousands of men and women have.
Thus blinded by prideful selfconfi dence, we were apt to play the big shot. So if youre single it really could be that you just havent met the right person yet. Our format quotes extensively from the big book of alcoholics anonymous 2001. It is the first text written about the experiences of the founders of the a. This is the blue print of the 12 step recovery programs. Big book of alcoholics anonymous 11th step meditation. Alcoholics anonymous is another piece of literature it does contain the 12 stepsit is the primary literature of aa. The big book adventure in a how to workshop for experiencing the steps as a way of life with dave f. When we read the doctors opinion and chapter 1 bills story we are looking at the problem. Helping others newcomers is the foundation stone of your recovery.
But this does not mean that we disregard human health measures. An unofficial guide to the twelve steps, edited by dr. First written in 1939, the 4th edition was published in 2001. We made this book so that anyone who wants to can point easily to all 12 step instructions in the big book. This format can be conducted in one half day or in four, onehour sessions. In order for this to happen we must go directly into steps 10, 11 and 12 while. This is the fourth edition of the big book, the basic text for alcoholics anonymous. The promises of the aa big book the promises of the aa big book step one 1. The big books specific instructions on step 9, along with following the direction of our sponsor, gives us the support we need to go out and do our amends. We have no control over the content of these pages. The big book is clearwe do this to fit ourselves to be of maximum service to god and our fellow man. The na book the basic text our symbol simplicity is the keynote of our symbol. The big book and a study guide of the 12 steps of aa pdf.