Our goals are to live the spiritual process through which sobriety is obtained and enhanced, and to publish at no charge our experience for other recovering alcoholics. Step eight of aa alcoholics anonymous is the beginning of the process of making amends, forgiving others and possibly being forgiven by them, in addition to forgiving ourselves. If you are at step zero please get into the big book and work the steps out of the book. The big book serves as the basis of alcoholics anonymous aa. Beforehand, we pray for guidance p79, 80, 81 and for strength to do the right thing. Alcoholics anonymous is often referred to as a 12step program, and aa is the basis for many other 12step programs that have been established. Breaking down step eight of aa alcoholics anonymous. Among other things, schaberg shows that the creation of a. Big book step index step 1 we admitted we were powerless over alcohol that our lives had become unmanageable. To read a pdf version of the fourth edition of alcoholics anonymous. The result of taking the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous is a spiritual awakening. For this workshop to work we need to take a look at what alcoholics.
Step 2 came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. How does a bunch of homeless alcoholics start a worldwide movement. The big book holds within it the central thesis and ideas of alcohol anonymous and the 12 step approach. Steps by the big book step 1 steps by the big book. This page contains notes and handouts for the 12 step big book workshop on aas 12 steps, as presented by dallas b. Bunch in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and 12. The definitive history of writing and producing thebig book of alcoholics anonymous. Home read the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions. Excerpted from taking step one by the big book bunch.
Why dont you go home and get the big book and open it at. The new sponsorship guide is your syllabus throughout your 12step course that goes in conjunction with the current 1 23 questionnaire. Excerpted from taking step twelve by the big book bunch. These 12 steps are outlined in chapter 5, how it works, of the big book.
Our origins are the students of the big book group, which has met in woodland hills, california since december of 1985. It is a tremendous satisfaction to record that in the fol lowing years this changed. The big book bunch unofficial written materials on the big book. It contains the 12 steps that are at the core of the alcoholics anonymous program, as well as stories about alcoholics who have been through the recovery process. Our goal is to study the steps as a friendly, focused group, and work them as the authors of the big book described. The original draft of the big book said the result was a spiritual experience. Twelvestep guide to using the alcoholics anonymous big book. We are the big book bunch group of alcoholics anonymous. Big book, page 35, line 1 the big book items can be restructured within the twelve steps without much reshaping or cramming. The steps helped each of the cofounders of aa in their own recovery from alcoholism and have continued to help countless others battle their addictions. That is why the fi rst edition of the book alcostep one 23 holics anonymous, published when our membership was small, dealt with lowbottom cases only.
The big book bunch 12 step workbook pdf free download. The general approach, which is appropriate when there is an emotional content to the harm done that is, we have written something in the third column as detailed in step eight, is as follows. But, after reading about it, it makes perfect sense. Downloadable group workbook companion to the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous aa, for adults who desire information on alcoholism and addiction recovery. The sbbb study guide is for those in recovery from the disease of addiction who wish to work the 12 steps by the big book, alcoholics anonymous. As we take step 1, we separate it into its first and second halves. This step is described in parts of chapters 1, 2, 3, and all of chapter 4. This step is described on roman numeral pages 25 32 xxv xxxii, on pages 1 44. By making a list of the people we harmed and becoming willing to make amends, we take action toward healing the past with others and learning how to live in the world with our head held high, looking people right in the eye. Some surefire causes of relapse taken from the big book. That was the purpose of this site to help one go down the path. New 1 23 sponsorship guide for the 1 23 questionnaire.
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