This guide exemplifies, as close as possible, one of the strongest original ways of alcoholics anonymous. These 4th step worksheets use the wording from alcoholics anonymous the big book pages 6371. This step, like step seven, can be difficult for agnostic and atheist participants, but even the most devout members of alcoholics anonymous fumble a bit. Sth step page 2 of 6 resentment list big book note. Sbbb refers to this steps by the big book workbook. To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered. For them, we hope these pages will prove so convincing that no further authentication will be necessary.
There is no one set way that the founders and pioneers worked the steps. The big book is alcoholics anonymouss primary text. Shed layer after layer of pain, lies, shame, and anger, and get to the guts of who you are. While step four could be seen as your personal housecleaning, step eight is more of a social application of the shame reduction that was begun in step four, when you realized that you have hurt others as. Though our decisionstep 3 was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once fast followed by a strenuous. Step four of aas twelve step program of recovery is infamously the scary one, probably because its a crucial step towards effective and lasting recovery. We hope it will assist you in completing your personal inventory. Step ten marked the first in a series of what are called maintenance steps, those that you continue working daily. See more ideas about celebrate recovery, addiction recovery and aa steps. Rightly and naturally, we think well before we choose the per son or persons with whom to take this intimate and con.
Step eight of aa alcoholics anonymous helps recovering alcoholics to live in the greatest peace, in partnership with others and themselves. The original members of aa who wrote the book alcoholics anonymous believed resentment was the number one offender, and that it destroys more alcoholics than anything else. Book basic training is a 10 hour video series that carefully walks the viewer through the first 172 pages of the aa big book. I dont know where they got this idea, whether it was from psychology or religion, but i think theres something to it.
The big book of alcoholics anonymou s can be purchased at aa central or a bba meeting. George b was a practicing dentist for 47 years and is now a graduate student in a masters degree program for addiction counseling. Steps by the big book step 2 steps by the big book. Breaking down step eight of aa alcoholics anonymous. The big book of alcoholics anonymous can be purchased at aa central or a bba meeting you can purchase a bba workbook at any bba meeting, or online at you do not need to print the following step material until you are instructed to do so. My advice for heading into step 4 is to allow courage to rise and be completely honest with yourself while doing it. The big book bb notations are to page and paragraph, as in 64. Known as the big book, it is in its fourth edition and is widely circulated through out the world. We hope we have made clear the distinction between the alcoholic and the nonalcoholic. Consider having a round robin discussion about one particular defect, and the groups experiences with step 6 by the big 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. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory big book. Fourth step guide program theory alcoholics anonymous. 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.
The big book is one of the bestselling books of all times 30 million copies sold. 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. Step 4 the seven selves alcoholics anonymous aa big book. Aa the original way 12 step guide aa the original way group. It destroys more alcoholics addicts than anything else. All you need is a big book and this guide to go through the steps with. 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. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves reading. However, many people who have used these worksheets found it helpful to write down their flaws and their specific defects.
At this stage of the inventory proceedings, our sponsors come to the rescue. The 4th step inventory pages are the best i have seen. I worked 4th step inventory before the ones i have worked in the past had check boxes that left me feeling as if something was left undone. If you are using the fourth edition make sure you are on the correct page. By working the twelve steps, millions of people have found hope and recovered. The big book study movement is outside of the structure of alcoholics anonymous in ireland. The twelve steps in alcoholics anonymous are a spiritual solution to addiction. We, of alcoholics anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. 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. For more information please read dear recovery community. To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book. 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. 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.
We provide this study guide based on personal experience to help those following aas 12 steps as outlined in the original big book, alcoholics anonymous aa. Note that this book is not an official alcoholics anonymous material. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, pride, vanity. Those of us belonging to a religious denomination which requires confession must, and of. Thesefourth stepworksheets use the wording from alcoholics anonymous the big book pages 6371. To enable you to find a power greater than yourself that will solve your problem. It is meant to provide all the resources one needs to study the 12 steps as outlined in the 4th edition of alcoholics anonymous. They comfort the melancholy one by fi rst showing him that his. 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.
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. A fourth study guides are distilled right out of the big book of alcoholics anonymous. Of the many drinking types described in the big book by no means comprehensively, the big book suggests its 12 step spiritual program of action will work for only one. The story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism. Step 4 aa learn how to do the 4th step inventory in the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous and the best fourth step worksheets and prayers for. To be able to start on this step, the previous three steps must of. Chapter 4 we agnostics i n the precedingchapters you have learned something of alcoholism. Since the overall philosophy of alcoholics anonymous is that alcoholism is just a symptom of a spiritual disease, the real problem is in character flaws that need. A desire to stop drinking is the only requirement for aa membership. Whether we come through the doors of alcoholics anonymous or alanon family groups chances are we bring a lifetime of stinking thinking with us. Step 2 focuses on preparing alcoholics to let go of their need for control over everything in their lives by introducing the concept of a higher power. Aa speakers joe and charlie bills story the big book comes alive duration. Step four of the twelve steps of alcoholics anonymous.
Click the link above to download the printable 12 step guide. If men and women didnt exert themselves to be secure in their persons, made no effort to harvest food or construct shelter, there would be no survival. Alcoholics anonymous aa helps recovering alcoholics work through 12 steps to aid with sobriety. Whereas step ten kept you mindful of yourself, step eleven changes the focus to god, or your chosen higher power. You will need the big book of alcoholics anonymous large print or hard cover recommended and the big book awakening workbook. Step four of aas twelvestep program of recovery is infamously the scary one, probably because its a crucial step towards effective and lasting recovery. These are the original 4th step guides and work sheetsused in the dallas b. There is a saying in the 12step programs that recovery is a process, not an event. You can purchase a bba workbook at any bba meeting, or online at. These two items cannot be downloaded and must be purchased separately. Fourth step inventory introduction to the 4th step. The big book holds within it the central thesis and ideas of alcohol anonymous and the 12 step approach.
This site has been built and maintained to support anyone in recovery. The big book of alcoholics anonymous verywell mind. The steps are in the big book, the work book for example page 3 step 2 tells you to go in the aa big bookpps. The big book bunch 12 step workbook we are the big book bunch group of alcoholics anonymous. Though our decisionstep 3 was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once fast followed by a. Everything contained in these sheets is directly from the big book alcoholics anonymous, there is no opinion, just fact.
Relapse in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and 12. Breaking down step four of aa alcoholics anonymous jason. If you get these 4th step worksheets anywhere else they are likely not the originals and may have been changed or altered. It originated the twelvestep program now used widely among addictions outside alcohol. We are all sad to have lost him, however the world was made a better place, for having had him.
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