I wouldnt recommend anyone try and work the steps on their own without a sponsor. Consequently, resistance, rebellion and delusion, as well as the unwillingness to be rigorously honest, are some of the components that keep us from recovery, from being willing to surrender to the reality of this step. When sharing on the sunday night big book step study meeting, please identify yourself as. 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. When we became alcoholics, crushed by a selfimposed crisis we could not. Rather they are designed to provide an introduction to this step. Of all the steps, this is the one that sets the stage for recovery to happen.
Next we launched out on a course of vigorous action, the first step of which is a personal housecleaning, which many of us had never attempted. Fourth step inventory introduction to the 4th step. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Jan 11, 2015 shame is caused by the awareness or exposure of guilt, or a hurt reputation or embarrassment, whether or not this feeling is due to sin. Im only now 42 days sober after 25 years of sobriety. Please print 2 sides on one sheet of paper sheet 1 side. You will need the big book of alcoholics anonymous large print or hard cover recommended and the big. This step is described on roman numeral pages 25 32 xxv xxxii, on pages 1 44.
These 4th step worksheets use the wording from alcoholics anonymous the big book pages 6371. Usually you are dealing with the mind, but in the context of the big book, you are dealing with the body. I am getting stuck on understanding my turnarounds, especially the selfseeking. Working step four in narcotics anonymous we made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Our goal is to study the steps as a friendly, focused group, and work them as the authors of the big book described. An excellent, easy to understand guide for the big book. If you are using the fourth edition make sure you are on the correct page. There were a few steps i needed to take before i was ready to make a searching and fearless moral inventory of myself. Step 2 proposition exercise this exercise is for members of alcoholics anonymous who would like to get back on the spiritual beam.
Gods mercy overcomes sin through his holy spirits incredible conquering work and as his people care for each other. 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. These notes and worksheets are not intended to be a guide to working step four. This is an all addictions big book step study workshop. Takes the brains out of our head, the love from our heart, the spirit from our soul, prevents us from feeling good feelings, keeps us feeling bad feelings, and then tells us to take our own lives. Jun 19, 2014 step 4 worksheets 4th step guide fourth step inventory big book study worksheets. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Step 4 worksheet page 4 of 4 now, well look at the harms inventory. Activities in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and. 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. Our origins are the students of the big book group, which has met in woodland hills, california since december of 1985. Fourth step inventory these fourth step worksheets use the wording from alcoholics anonymous the big book pages 6371.
My grudge list on our grudge list we set opposite each name our injuries. This is a preliminary version of your list for step 8. Though our decisionstep 3 was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at. The worksheets were created by using the precise instructions in the big book to make taking the fourth step as easy and simple as possible. When the word optional is used in the worksheets, it means that the big book suggests doing this but does not suggest writing anything down. Steps by the big book free sbbb workbook for the 12. The content reflects the experience, strength and hope of our local members. Big book study guides for aa by alcoholics anonymous paperback. Big book step index step 1 we admitted we were powerless over alcohol that our lives had become unmanageable. An active journey through the 12 steps schwartz, aron on. Sharing 28 years of experience with the big book in a step workshop weekend the wilson house east dorset vt march 17 19, 2000.
Read about steps two and three from the aa big book, the 12 steps and 12. These are some great free workbooks that have been. The fourth step inventory was modified and became a much more laborious and detailed procedure. 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.
We are not affiliated with any twelve step fellowship. Yes, i started again, but im learning with this book how the steps can help me remain sober. Step study sundays 8pm est big book meeting same number as above note. They comfort the melancholy one by fi rst showing him that his. Below, are the idiots guides for the addictionissue you are addressing. 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. Understand and complete the 12 steps of alcoholics. Early on, people in this program didnt have a lot of problems with the fellowship like we. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Step 2 came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Steps by the big book steps by the big book workbook. All page numbers in this fourth step inventory workshop, refer to the third edition of the book alcoholics anonymous. Worksheets are the primary purpose group big, 12 step workbook, first step work, aas 12 steps including powerful, 12 steps in 12 weeks oa big book study format, the twelve step program, resentment inventory prompt, step 1 work. A fourth study guides are distilled right out of the big book of alcoholics anonymous.
You will need idiots guide as you go through steps 1 3. Great worksheets for step 4 easy to understand alongside the big book of. This literature has been locally produced by overeaters anonymous great britain and approved on 20th october 20. Big book step study step 4 turnarounds soberrecovery. The big book adventure in a how to workshop for experiencing the steps as a way of life with dave f. At this stage of the inventory proceedings, our sponsors come to the rescue. In the process, the period for taking the steps was expanded and modified from 4 weeks to somewhere in between 12 and 16 weeks. To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered.
This steps by the big book workbook is for those who are willing to grow along spiritual lines 60. 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. Download and print out these handy worksheets and use them as you go through the 12 steps with your sponsor. Big book step study workshop all addictions step study. This guide is intended to be used as an aid to writing a fourth step inventory. 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. 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. It is extremely important that we work with an na sponsor. Big book awakening 4th step workshop resentment examples and worksheets 122006 columns 14 to download the most current versions of these worksheets go to. We continue to take inventory as in step four and continue to make amends if we harm anyone as in steps eight and nine. Please do not state that you are in stephanies workshop, for it is a break of my anonymity. Bbss speakers on step four in accordance with the twelve traditions of alcoholics anonymous.
Do not answer the questions in the rest of the book. The big book says that we have listed the people we have hurt by our conduct. Steps by the big book step 5 steps by the big book. The big book helped guide me through this process, and though i repeatedly read and studied the book, this wasnt entirely an intellectual exercise. Step 4 worksheets 4th step guide fourth step inventory. Fourth step inventory guide free big book study 4th step worksheets.
It is meant to provide all the resources one needs to study the 12 steps as outlined in the 4th edition of alcoholics. Made a decision to turn our will and our life to the care of god as we. Narcotics addiction12 step support sponsorsponsee step writing guide and worksheets this is simply something i found on the internet this morning and thought i would post. Step 2 proposition exercise emotional sobriety and food. Our society is not the reading society that it once was and therefore we, of the twenty first century, find it difficult to understand the written instructions for the 4th step contained in our basic text book. It explained in plain english, how step one can help me and my sobriety. 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. Though our decisionstep 3 was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once fast followed by a. 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. 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. 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. Notes on step four big book version kent state university. Download pamphlets and handouts to use in big book group sessions our workbook companion to alcoholics anonymous 12 steps of recovery from alcoholism and addiction is called steps by the big book.
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