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09-14-2013, 12:40 PM
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SUMMARY OF STEPS BY THE BIG BOOK [Direct...
SUMMARY OF STEPS BY THE BIG BOOK
[Direct quotes from Big Book and 12&12. Compile your own!]
A.) “…the drink problem….” (17: 1)
B.) “…a common solution….” (17: 3)
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STEP 12 PASS THIS ON (94: 1) PRINCIPLES FROM ...
STEP 12 PASS THIS ON (94: 1) PRINCIPLES FROM THE BIG BOOK
…When all other measures failed, work with another alcoholic
would save the day. (Bill’s Story, 15: 1)
This is our...
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09-14-2013, 12:39 PM
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SESSION 20 STEP 12Working With...
SESSION 20
STEP 12Working With Others pp. 89 - 103
Step 12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and ...
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SESSION 19 STEP 11 Into Action ...
SESSION 19
STEP 11 Into Action pp. 85 – 88
Step 11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for...
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09-13-2013, 09:51 AM
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SESSION 18 STEP 10 Into Action pp....
SESSION 18
STEP 10 Into Action pp. 84 - 85
Step 10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
A daily reprieve contingent on the...
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09-12-2013, 02:58 PM
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SESSION 17 STEP 9 Into Action pp. 76...
SESSION 17
STEP 9 Into Action pp. 76 - 84
Step 9. Made direct amends wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
The spiritual life is not a theory. We...
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09-12-2013, 02:58 PM
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SESSION 16 STEP 8 Into Action pp. 76...
SESSION 16
STEP 8 Into Action pp. 76 - 84
Step 8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Like a tornado roaring his way through...
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09-11-2013, 09:57 AM
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SESSION 15 STEP 7 Into Action p. 76: 2 ...
SESSION 15
STEP 7 Into Action p. 76: 2
Step 7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
Let God. (76: 1) Grant me strength. (76: 2)
Step 7 written inventory Take Step 7
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STEP 7 WRITTEN INVENTORY (optional) ...
STEP 7 WRITTEN INVENTORY (optional) (Step 6 on reverse)
Step 7 Humbly asked him to remove our shortcomings.
Make multiple copies or expand this template in your own notebook.
...
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09-10-2013, 09:29 AM
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SESSION 14 STEP 6 Into Action p....
SESSION 14
STEP 6 Into Action p. 76: 1
Step 6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
Let go. (76: 1) We ask God to help us be willing. (76: 1)
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09-10-2013, 09:29 AM
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STEP 8 WRITTEN INVENTORY (optional) ...
STEP 8 WRITTEN INVENTORY (optional) (Step 5 inventory on reverse)
Step 8 Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
Make multiple...
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09-09-2013, 01:45 PM
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SESSION 13 STEP 5Into Action pp 72 –...
SESSION 13
STEP 5Into Action pp 72 – 75
Step 5 Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
We have a written inventory and we are...
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STEP 12 Spiritual awakening: It meant the...
STEP 12
Spiritual awakening: It meant the destruction of self-centeredness. … There was a sense of victory, followed by such a peace and serenity as I had never known. (Bill’s Story, 14: 1, 2)...
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09-08-2013, 09:37 AM
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STEP 11 I was to sit quietly when in doubt...
STEP 11
I was to sit quietly when in doubt asking only for direction and strength to meet my problems as He would have me. (Bill’s Story, 13: 4)
In Step 11, our work is to seek to improve...
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09-08-2013, 09:36 AM
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STEP 10 I was to test my thinking by the new...
STEP 10
I was to test my thinking by the new God-consciousness within. (Bill’s Story, 13: 4)
Heard in a meeting: “If we are not growing in recovery we are moving backward toward active...
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09-07-2013, 10:59 AM
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Steps 9 – 12: Heard in a meeting: “We practice...
Steps 9 – 12: Heard in a meeting: “We practice Steps 9, 10, 11 and 12 on a daily basis.”
STEP 9
I expressed my entire willingness to approach these individuals, admitting my wrong....
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STEP 8 We made a list of people I had hurt or...
STEP 8
We made a list of people I had hurt or toward whom I felt resentment. (Bill’s Story, 13: 3)
Steps 8 and 9 are powerful tools to address guilt and shame.
Step 8 is the beginning of a...
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09-06-2013, 11:01 AM
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STEP 7 …to have my new found Friendtake them...
STEP 7
…to have my new found Friendtake them away, root and branch. (Bill’s Story, 13: 3)
Heard in a meeting: "Step 7 is about DOING what you do not want to do. What are you going to do...
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09-06-2013, 11:00 AM
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STEP 6 “I…became willing ….” (Bill’s Story,...
STEP 6
“I…became willing ….” (Bill’s Story, 13: 3)
Heard in a meeting: “Step 6 is about NOT doing what you want to do. What are you willing to give up? Are you ready for change?”
We...
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09-05-2013, 08:41 AM
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PART III NOTES ON STEPS 5 - 12 ...
PART III
NOTES ON STEPS 5 - 12
Steps 5 – 8: We are building an arch through which we shall walk…free…at last. Is our work solid so far? (75: 3)
STEP 5
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09-05-2013, 08:41 AM
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PART III SESSIONS 13 - 20 STEPS...
PART III
SESSIONS 13 - 20
STEPS 5 – 12
FOCUS MEDITATIONS / PRAYERS
STEP 5
We can be alone at perfect peace and ease. …We begin to feel the nearness of our Creator. (75:...
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09-04-2013, 02:36 PM
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SESSION 12 STEP 4 How It Works ...
SESSION 12 STEP 4 How It Works REVIEW
Grudge List – One Group Member’s Pocket Treatment
I read Step 4, pp. 64-71 in Alcoholics Anonymous to examine three of my blocks to my...
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09-04-2013, 02:36 PM
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Relationship and Sex Turnarounds For...
Relationship and Sex Turnarounds
For every Second Column and Third Column situation and event, fill in sex and relationship ‘turnarounds.’
Make multiple copies or expand in your notebook.
...
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09-03-2013, 09:34 AM
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Step 4- Inventory Relationships (including...
Step 4- Inventory Relationships (including Sex) (64-65)
Fill in Second and Third Columns
Make multiple copies or expand these templates into your own notebook.
1, First Column: Who?...
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09-03-2013, 09:34 AM
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STEP 4 Relationship / Sex (64 – 65) Inventory...
STEP 4 Relationship / Sex (64 – 65) Inventory Forms
Make multiple copies or expand these templates into your own notebook.
Who? Whom had we hurt? (69: 1)
We reviewed our own...
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09-01-2013, 10:38 AM
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SESSION 11 STEP 4 How It Works ...
SESSION 11
STEP 4 How It Works Relationships (Including Sex) (64-65)
Sex conduct. (69: 0) Whom had we hurt? (69: 1)
ION YOUR OWN: STUDY – What did the Big Book...
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09-01-2013, 10:38 AM
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STEP 4 Fear Turnarounds For every...
STEP 4 Fear Turnarounds
For every Third Column situation and our fear reaction, we fill in our ‘turnarounds.’
Make multiple copies or expand in your notebook.
Where am I...
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08-31-2013, 09:34 AM
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Step 4- Fears Fill in Second and Third Columns ...
Step 4- Fears Fill in Second and Third Columns
Make multiple copies or expand these templates into your own notebook
1. First Column: Who threatened me? 1st Fear question: “{#1}When did I...
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08-31-2013, 09:33 AM
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STEP 4 Fear Inventory Form The Big...
STEP 4 Fear Inventory Form
The Big Book authors indicate that the best way to deal with our fears is to do exactly what we did with resentments: We write them down; we consider them...
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08-30-2013, 01:08 PM
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SESSION 10 STEP 4 How It Works Our fears....
SESSION 10
STEP 4 How It Works Our fears. (68: 1)
But did not we, ourselves, set the ball rolling? (67 ; 3)
I ON YOUR OWN: STUDY- What did the Big Book authors say?
...
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08-30-2013, 01:08 PM
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TEP 4 Resentment Turnarounds For...
TEP 4 Resentment Turnarounds
For every item in the Third Column we ask, “Where am I responsible?”
Make multiple copies or expand in your notebook.
For every Third Column situation...
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08-29-2013, 10:33 AM
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STEP 4 Resentment Grudge List (65: 1) Inventory...
STEP 4 Resentment Grudge List (65: 1) Inventory Forms
Make multiple copies or expand these templates into your own notebook.
Who? “Who hurt or threatened me?”I’m resentful at… (65: 2)
...
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08-29-2013, 10:33 AM
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a.) Selfishness Concern for self regardless of...
a.) Selfishness Concern for self regardless of others.
Selfishness: ego = me. Self-absorption: "It's all about me!" Regard for our own interest or happiness to the disregard of the...
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08-28-2013, 10:10 AM
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SESSION 9 STEP 4 How It Works...
SESSION 9
STEP 4 How It Works Resentment ‘Turnarounds’
The 3RD and 4TH working of the grudge list.
They, like ourselves, were sick too. (67:0)
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B. The 2ND Working of the Grudge List: ...
B. The 2ND Working of the Grudge List: Why?“Why must I change?”
When we were finished we considered it
[list] carefully. (65: 3) Begin with silence.
1.) Resentments build us up to a drink....
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2.) How? The Second Column: “How did they hurt...
2.) How? The Second Column: “How did they hurt or threaten me?” (65: 2) After you have made the list of all the people, institutions, and principles that you resent, one at a time you are...
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II WITH THE GROUP: PRACTICE- What does the...
II WITH THE GROUP: PRACTICE- What does the Big Book say to me about my practice of Step 4?
Share about experiences with resentments and how working the Steps worked on them.
...
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SESSION 8 STEP 4 How It...
SESSION 8
STEP 4 How It Works Resentment Grudge List
Step 4: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
The 1ST and 2ND working of the grudge list.
If we...
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08-25-2013, 10:14 AM
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Where are we responsible? We develop new...
Where are we responsible?
We develop new skills in asking where we were responsible in the course of day to day happenings. The Big Book authors never accuse, criticize, or judge us. The purpose...
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NOTES ON STEP 4 When the spiritual...
NOTES ON STEP 4
When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically. (64: 3)
I ruthlessly faced my sins . (Bill’s Story, 13: 2)
Heard in a meeting:...
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08-24-2013, 08:42 AM
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STEP 4 ASSETS AND LIABILITIES CHECKLIST ...
STEP 4 ASSETS AND LIABILITIES CHECKLIST
Also STEP 10 DAILY WRITTEN INVENTORY
We look at, "What qualities do I have that I like? That others like?" And we look at, "What...
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08-23-2013, 12:29 PM
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PART II SESSIONS 8 - 12 STEP 4 ...
PART II
SESSIONS 8 - 12
STEP 4
FOCUS MEDITATIONS / PRAYERS
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STEP 3 Written Inventory Step 3: Made a...
STEP 3 Written Inventory
Step 3: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him.
Consider these questions, which are borrowed from meetings...
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08-21-2013, 08:32 AM
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SESSION 7 STEP 3 How it Works pp. 58...
SESSION 7
STEP 3 How it Works pp. 58 - 64
Step 3 Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him.
The keystoneof the new and triumphant...
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08-21-2013, 08:32 AM
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STEP 2 Written Inventory Step 2 Came to...
STEP 2 Written Inventory
Step 2 Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Consider these questions, which are borrowed from meetings and recovery...
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08-19-2013, 09:35 AM
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SESSION 6 STEP 2 We Agnostics ...
SESSION 6
STEP 2 We Agnostics
Step 2 Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Willing to believe…cornerstone [of a] spiritual structure. (47: 2)
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SESSION 5 STEP 1 & 2 More About...
SESSION 5
STEP 1 & 2 More About Alcoholism
Step 1. We admitted that we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable.
Step 2. Came to believe that a Power...
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SESSION 4 STEP 1 & 2 There is a...
SESSION 4
STEP 1 & 2 There is a Solution
Step 1 We admitted we were powerless over alcohol, that our lives had become unmanageable.
Step 2 Came to believe that a Power greater...
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STEP 1 WRITTEN INVENTORY II ...
STEP 1 WRITTEN INVENTORY
II UNMANAGEABILITY Mental obsession (self-centeredness):
When and how has my mind told me that one drink will not hurt?
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How did jails or...
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STEP 1 WRITTEN INVENTORY Step 1. We...
STEP 1 WRITTEN INVENTORY
Step 1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable.
Consider these questions, which are borrowed from meetings and...
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