12 step big book study group

Some addresses in the meeting list are hyperlinked to a virtual roadmap service not affiliated or endorsed by this site. The only requirements are to show up, to study the big book and to practice the steps. Big book study guide mens step application group big book study guide texas primary purpose group. Oxford group principles and practices some twentyeight ideas that impacted on the a. 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. These step study guides and worksheets have been used by thousands of aas, nas, alanons, oa overeaters, cas, gas and other 12 step recovery program members that use the 12 steps as instructed in the book, alcoholics. Meeting types and descriptions alcoholics anonymous in. This approach has expanded to encompass a wide range of addictive and.

What helped it pass was the big book step study guide that bballdad first suggested. The big book lays out the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous and includes personal stories of those who found recovery in the program. A fourth study guides are distilled right out of the big book of alcoholics anonymous. The primary instructions for the 12 steps are highlighted, in order, in the big book. Welcome to big book revealed a site dedicated to the process of recovery as outlined in the big book of alcoholics anonymous. How do the bbss, big book step study meetings, format, and group conscience stand against the twelve traditions of alcoholics anonymous. The sunday evening macon ga meeting is an online meeting. The guide is written for a step work group, not a step study group. Our origins are the students of the big book group, which has met in woodland hills, california since december of 1985. For a printable, clickable pdf meeting list, organized by daystate, click the big blue button on the meetings page. The primary purpose group big book study a study of the basic text of alcoholics anonymous. The 12 steps with the promises 12 steps of insanity big book goals step 1 emotional sobriety step 2 proposition exercise step 3 prayer 3rd step vision for your life exercise 12 reasons we slip by bill w.

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. Apr 23, 2020 fort lauderdale primary purpose big book study groups alcoholics and god 12 step series unknown spirituality 4. Compulsive eating is an illness of the body and mind, but there is a solution. These are general descriptions of the various meetings. Our notes, commentary, and genderinclusive changes are formatted in italics.

List of big book step study bbss groups in the united states. Apr 23, 2020 fort lauderdale primary purpose big book study groups alcoholics and god 12 step series 50 episodes website join us ona journey through the 12 stepsone step per week for 12 weeks. A step study meeting will usually be a study of the 12 steps, sometimes they use the 12 and 12 an aa book that has short chapters explainining the 12 steps and 12 traditions as the guide the group will read part of a chapter and then discuss it. The following is a suggested format for a big book step study meeting with emphasis on the fourth step. 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. May 01, 2016 an aa beginners meeting taking us through steps 1, 2 and 3. Meeting types and descriptions alcoholics anonymous in rhode. Open big book 12step study group sanctuary united church of.

Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps 24. In the case of big books, a number of meetings in the area give new members a copy to keep for their own use. To this end we ask ourselves two primary questions. We read the first set of instructions the first week of every. This does not imply either approval of or endorsement by this organization which, i understand, feels alcoholics. 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. However, as noted in the big book, this decision has little effect unless you, at once, start on your written step 4 inventory. For further study, it is suggested that you get a copy of the big book of alcoholics anonymous. Fort lauderdale primary purpose big book study groups alcoholics and god 12 step series. Page 12 of alcoholics anonymous general service conference.

Aa speaker turn our will and our lives over to the care of god new 20 duration. Outlining the steps and traditions that make aa famous, as well as numerous stories about recovering addicts who have been through the process, the big book has helped guide. Big book step study hyannis format the primary purpose group. Step study groups are groups of codependents working through the twelve steps and often the twelve traditions in a structured format. The big book bunch 12 step workbook we are the big book bunch group of alcoholics anonymous. Eventually the group chose to keep the question and answer book study format, but to use a modern. To listen to the recording online and for these questions. Big book step study workshop stephanie 12 step podcast 12 step podcast peter m. This is of use to those too ashamed to go to aa big book meetings in public, and thus benefit from the program in private, or until they are able to take the next step into semipublic activities. We found freedom by the methods espoused by the pioneers of the 12 step program. 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.

All references to the topics will be found in the first 164 pages of the book, alcoholics anonymous. Overeaters anonymous online meetings and 12 step support groups, the recovery group, trg, overweight, obesity, 12 steps for coes, oa meetings, oa newcomer program, big book study, oa. 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. More meetings in the meeting list have hyperlinks now. We do readings from the big book of alcoholics anonymous and the twelve steps and twelve traditions. 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.

Fort lauderdale primary purpose big book study groups alcoholics and god 12 step series unknown spirituality 4. Read the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions. We do what the founders of the 12 step movement did. Join us ona journey through the 12 stepsone step per week for 12 weeks. Also, the big book is a text book, although written more like a novel, isnt meant to be read like one. I just wanted to pass along a big thanks from me on this bigbook sponsorship guide. The twelve traditions following the conclusion of the step meetings, some groups will discuss the traditions so that, every thirteenth meeting the group focuses on a tradition. This is a meeting of a step study team, not an aa group. Many recovering alcoholics work the 12 steps with a sponsor. Sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday. Our efforts to have the groups we had been supporting include an indepth study of our basic text in their meeting schedule found no favor. This allows us more time for studying some of the primary step instructions from the big book. The big book, alcoholics anonymous some groups discuss one chapter from the big book each week.

Go to the primary purpose group study guide page and download the individual sections of the ppg big book study guide in word, open office writer, and other word processing programs. It passed my proposal to do a big book step study was voted in at my home group during a group conscious meeting. Click the link above to download the printable 12 step guide. The instructions are divided into two for each of the 12 steps. Its sole purpose is to deliver a spiritual experience by uncovering, discovering and discarding latent inherent truths within the individual alcoholic in a group or with another recovered alcoholic. The process includes believing in a power greater than yourself, admitting past mistakes, making amends to people you have harmed through alcoholism and continuing to focus on spiritual growth. Very often, new groups in alcoholics anonymous are the result of a growing resentment by a segment of a group. Steps by the big book free sbbb workbook for the 12 steps. To read a pdf version of the fourth edition of alcoholics anonymous. Listen to fort lauderdale primary purpose big book study groups alcoholics.

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 anonymous aa as part of a friendly, focused group, and work them according to the big book, alcoholics anonymous. Step workgroup guide the stratford monday night mens group. A list, and look, at the big book step study bbss meetings. The team extends the time spent on any one step if necessary, but frequent or frivolous delays tend to kill everyones. The big book holds within it the central thesis and ideas of alcohol anonymous and the 12 step approach. Quotations from alcoholics anonymous and the twelve steps and twelve traditions are with permission of a. Monthly big book readings aa the original way group. Fort lauderdale primary purpose big book study groups. Use our search tool to find the next meeting closest to you. The first 12step program started with alcoholics anonymous aa in the late 1930s. Big book sponsorship 12 step recovery from any and all. Downloadable group workbook companion to the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous aa, for adults who desire information on alcoholism and addiction recovery. The van alstyne group is not affiliated with the the linked website or its authors. As noted in the big book, the wording of the step 3 prayer is optional.

The big book study movement is outside of the structure of. Find a drug addicts anonymous 12 step meeting today. Steps by the big book free sbbb workbook for the 12. The primary purpose group big book study a study of the basic text of alcoholics anonymous r. To personalize the step for your study and action in the here and now, however, you. There is no one set way that the founders and pioneers worked the steps. World directory of primary purpose groups big book study for a. Most addicts feel that the big book is a powerful component to the recovery process and treat it as a sort. Freely downloadable word doc and pdf files are available for the. This study guide has proven helpful in providing structure and guidance for learning to work the twelvestep program, as it is described in the book. 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.

The first book written to cover the 12 step program was titled alcoholics anonymous, affectionately known as the big book by program members. Home read the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions. This site is optimized for mobile devices as well as desktoplaptop computers. Bbss are a 15 week step rotation or cycle whereby the first 7 chapters of the big book of a. Bedevilments versus the promises spontaneous wisdom of aa members step 4 some helpful thoughts 4th step inventory step 4 resentment and turn around prayers. An unofficial guide to the twelve steps, edited by dr. 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. Welcome to our book study this is a 12 step book study. By working the 12 steps precisely as outlined in the big book of alcoholics anonymous, we have found a way to live sober from our compulsive eating with a happiness and freedom that we had never imagined possible.

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. Dec 21, 2012 this is of use to those too ashamed to go to aa big book meetings in public, and thus benefit from the program in private, or until they are able to take the next step into semipublic activities. If you find any inconsistencies or you know of a meeting change, you can email us here. 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.

The big book serves as the foundation for the alcoholics anonymous 12step program, the worlds largest alcoholism support group. On the next page is a modified 3rd step prayer which i recommend. A service handbook for ireland published by aa general service. The official a plan of recovery is not the meetings. One difference is that the big book prayer includes. Alcoholics anonymous, in small groups of 812 persons. Helping others newcomers is the foundation stone of your recovery. Overeaters anonymous online meetings and 12 step support groups, the recovery group, trg, overweight, obesity, 12 steps for coes, oa meetings, oa newcomer program, big book study, oa sponsors. The primary purpose group big book study a study of the. But the process of starting a healthy meeting is simple. Massachusetts aa big book step study meetings concord. A simple guide that works with the big book to make step work fast, concise and powerful.