Please write about when and how your eating disorder started. For more information please read dear recovery community. I am restored to sanity as a result of allowing something into my consciousness. On april 14, 2016, dan sherman, the author of big book awakening lost his battle with cancer. Part one als 40 day serendipity journey al kohallek begins his most ambitious undertaking part one covers the first nine steps using the first 164 pages of the big book alcoholics anonymous and the steps form the book 12 steps and 12 traditions. The documents represent the views of a number of overeaters anonymous oa members who use the big book as a set of directions for working the twelve steps. This book helps by asking questions to nudge and focusing on specific topics. Step three made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of god as we understood him. This workbook is intended to help people study the big book of alcoholics anonymous. The best big book workshop workbook available anywhere today is right here in your hands. Clear discussions of each step and probing questions offer us a guide to personal insight and reflection.
Known as the big book, it is in its fourth edition and is widely circulated through out the world. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe. An unofficial guide to the twelve steps, edited by dr. Steps by the big book free sbbb workbook for the 12. This outlines where each step is found in the big book of alcoholics anonymous. Make book reports a breeze with this workbook that contains plenty of pages for kids to thoroughly investigate and write about a book. Its not about being sponsoredits about sponsoring others that is a predictor for recovery. Read the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions. Part one als 40 day serendipity journey al kohallek. This workbook is a guide for eating disorders anonymous eda members. Big book awakening 4th step workshop resentment examples and worksheets 122006 columns 14 to download the most current versions of these worksheets go to.
As noted in the big book, the wording of the step 3 prayer is optional. Here are the steps we took by clarence snyder big book. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. P racticing step three is like the opening of a door which to all appearances is still closed and locked. Png format and one single download of all of them in. The following is a suggested format for a big book step study meeting with emphasis on the fourth step. At this early part of the 21st century, membership in aa continues to grow, and a fourth edition will undoubtedly continue that trend. Step two is specifically designed for the mental obsession. Alcoholics anonymous big book awakening 12 step workbook a. Big book sponsorship guide 3 you are going to become a sponsor. It is not a step workbook that is up to the reader and sponsor but it does get a person focused in on the information and power of the words and stories.
It can help a little to a great deal and it will not do any harm. The big workbook is an instruction manual for working the alcoholics anonymous 12 step program. We admitted we were powerless over our eating disorders that our lives had become unmanageable. Home read the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions alcoholics anonymous alcoholics anonymous this is the fourth edition of the big book, the basic text for alcoholics anonymous. The big workbook working the 12 steps by the book version 1. Quotations from alcoholics anonymous and the twelve steps and twelve traditions are with permission of a. This is the second edition of the book alcoholics anonymous, which made its first appearance in april 1939. You can purchase a bba workbook at any bba meeting, or online at. Step two is the step in which we formerly acknowledge the higher power. Home read the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions. The step 4 forms and the step 11 form were originally produced by blaine d. Go to download workbooks or download workshops to choose a workbook or workshop papers.
One of the big decisions, was what to do with the big book awakening workbook. The big book bunch 12 step workbook we are the big book bunch group of alcoholics anonymous. Regardless of how we do it the main thing is to watch for fear, anger, dishonesty and selfishness f. 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. There is only one key, and it is called willingness. Great worksheets for step 4 easy to understand alongside the big book of alcoholics anonymous would. As na grows in numbers, in diversity, and in strength and longevity of clean time, we. To read a pdf version of the fourth edition of alcoholics anonymous. We are all sad to have lost him, however the world was made a better place, for having had him. To enable you to find a power greater than yourself that will solve your problem. Eda big book step workshop preparation for step one. An active journey through the 12 steps schwartz, aron on. How have i done the things ive resented in column 2 to the person ive listed in. To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book.
A fourth study guides are distilled right out of the big book of alcoholics anonymous. It literally take you through the entire big book all four editions, and even all the part 2 and part 3 of personal stories and ask you questions, quizzing you on what you read. 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 twelve step program big book guide big book sponsorship. It makes your brain work to better comprehend the literature. This twelve step workbook guide substitutes terms and. Take all 12 steps in just 4 hours download this aa big book step guide and work book. The 10 th step inventory can be done using your 4 th step inventory, a journal, a balance sheet, or it can be done right out of the big book pg 8485. To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered. Alcoholics anonymous big book 4th edition softcover item. These are some great free workbooks that have been put together by jim w. Big book step study hyannis format 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. Aa the original way 12 step guide aa the original way group. Great workbook for anyone in aa recovery that wants an in depth look at the.
Stepwork downloads bba formats you will need the big book of alcoholics anonymous large print or hard cover recommended and the big book awakening workbook. Steps by the big book introduction introduction to steps by the big book. In life there is constant change on april 14 th, 2016, we were burdened with informing the world of recovery and those outside of the 12 step community, that dan sherman passed away, after a courageous 4 year battle with cancer as you can imagine, dan had many personal decisions that needed to be made. 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. Step 4 steps by the big book and step 4 fear, step 4. Pdf format that have been recreated and cleaned up.
For them, we hope these pages will prove so convincing that no further authentication will be necessary. Eda big book step workshop preparation for step one step one. Our origins are the students of the big book group, which has met in woodland hills, california since december of 1985. All we need is a key, and the decision to swing the door open. 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. Step work downloads bba formats you will need the big book of alcoholics anonymous large print or hard cover recommended and the big book awakening workbook. This book is intentionally written to be relevant to newcomers and to help more experienced members develop a deeper understanding of the twelve steps. Downloadable group workbook companion to the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous aa, for adults who desire information on alcoholism and addiction recovery. On the next page is a modified 3rd step prayer which i recommend. As a result of the application of the twelve steps as contained precisely in the big book of alcoholics anonymous, he experienced a profound spiritual awakening in 1988.
A twelve step workbook al kohallek goes stepping contents title page preface 3 an eye i witness account 4 useful information 6 introducing step one 9 six essential characteristics 10 step one questions 11 step two questions i am grateful for supplement list page 14 step three questions 15 introduction to step four 16. The author has been continuously sober since april 1, 1981 and is actually working his own twelfth step by sharing his own experience, strength, and hope that he personally gets from the big bookof 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. This twelve step workbook guide substitutes terms and phrases related to alcoholism to include any actingout or obsessivecompulsive addiction patterns such as, drugs and all mind altering. Steps by the big book steps by the big book workbook. Because this book has become the basic text for our society and has helped such large numbers of alcoholic men and women to recovery, there exists a sentiment. The experience outlined in the big book makes it clear that it is not enough to believe that there is a higher power that can help us. We hope that this book will help you overcome bouts of perfectionism, excessive selfdoubt, or hopelessness. The first three editions of the aa big book provide an indication of the changes which occurred since aa began in the late 1930s. Step workgroup guide big book format last revised january, 2017 it is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. This workbook is a perfect companion to the big book. No edits of any kind have been made to the originals just recreated to provide cleaner versions of the original. The big book holds within it the central thesis and ideas of alcohol anonymous and the 12 step approach. More than 300,000 copies of the first edition are now in circulation.
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. Eating disorder log you do not need to put your name on this. We have to cooperate, to do certain things that will allow a higher power to help us follow spiritual principles. The big workbook free download or purchase recovery. The narcotics anonymous step working guides unfamiliar, we should feel free to make use of a dictionary. One difference is that the big book prayer includes.