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4/25/2013 0 Comments Recording for April 23, 2013week 69) Big Book Step Study Workshop April 25 2013
Chapter 4. We Agnostics. P. 44 from start of third paragraph: ‘But it isn’t so difficult…’ until end of first paragraph on page 45: ‘Our human resources, as marshalled by the will, were not sufficient; they failed utterly.’ Q1. Why do you think people who have 5, 15, 20 years of sobriety in their step one fellowship go back out? Write down: We have to give up our right to self-pity, getting even. Some of us tried to avoid living on a spiritual basis. Q2a. Write out an example of the last time you failed to live in a spiritual basis. 2b. What does it look like for you to live on a spiritual basis? At first some of us tried to avoid the issue, hoping against hope we ere not true alcoholics. Q3. If you are not a true alcoholic, do you need to live on a spiritual basis? Q4. Write on Stephanie’s definition of agnostic: is we know about God but instead of using God, we use man-made activities. Find out if you are an agonistic. Write down: If I am an atheist or an agonistic all I have to do is be willing to be willing to trust and rely on a higher power. But after a while we had to face the fact that we must find a spiritual basis of life – or else. Q5. What does this mean? Underline this sentence and circle the word ‘must’. If a mere code of morals or a better philosophy of life were sufficient to overcome alcoholism, many of us would have recovered long ago. But we found that such codes and philosophies did not save us, no matter how much we tried. We could wish to be moral, we could wish to be philosophically comforted in fact, we could will these things with all our might, but the needed power wasn’t there. Our human resources, as marshalled by the will, were not sufficient; they failed utterly. Q6. Write on the above paragraph
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4/18/2013 0 Comments Recording For April 18, 2013Big Book Step Study Soul Work; April 18, 2013 – Beginning of Step 2
AA Big Book, Chapter 4 page 44, paragraphs 1 and 2. Words: Practice Agnostic Conquer Atheist Questions: #1) Have you memorized the 3rd Step Prayer? If you haven’t, your assignment is to memorize, know it, and practice it every day from now on. #2) The first sentence of the 3rd Step Prayer is “God I offer myself to thee” What does it mean to you? Look up each word (God and Thee will be your own definition) and write out what the words mean to you. #3) “If, when you honestly want to, you find you cannot quit entirely, or if when drinking, you have little control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic. If that be the case, you may be suffering from an illness which only a spiritual experience will conquer” Can you relate? #4) Have you made the clear distinction between the real alcoholic and the non-alcoholic? (44:1 sentence 2.) The answer is in the next sentence. Write out and own it. #5)“If that be the case, you may be suffering from an illness which only a spiritual experience will conquer.” (44:1 last sentence) #5a) Do you believe that? #5b) Do you want it? #5c) Do you have the expectation that through Quiet Time and these Steps you will have a spiritual experience? #6) Take page 44, paragraph 2. Write out in your own words. #7) Why is it not easy to live on a spiritual basis? Where are you? 4/11/2013 0 Comments Recording For April 11, 2013Big Book Step Study Soul Work; April 11, 2013
12×12 –Tradition One Page129, Beginning of Tradition One through page 131, end of Tradition One Words: Obedience Survive Works Questions: #1) After 3 weeks, what does Tradition One mean to you? … “Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.” #2) Write down your _____ (add your name) principals of recovery, or action plan, and own it. #3) Do you have a way of life that incorporates your principals of recovery that you can live with, without turning your life into a pretzel (a way of life that limits your ability to have a life)? #4) Do you really want to live your way of life? 4a) Do you believe that to be true? 4b) How are you working on that? #5) Are you willing to put your personal desires and personal ambitions aside for the betterment of the group? #6) Google Eddie Rickenbacker (or read biography attachment) 4/11/2013 0 Comments Recording For April 11, 2013Big Book Step Study Soul Work; April 11, 2013 12×12 –Tradition One Page129, Beginning of Tradition One through page 131, end of Tradition One Words: Obedience Survive Works Questions: #1) After 3 weeks, what does Tradition One mean to you? … “Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon A.A. unity.” #2) Write down your _____ (add your name) principals of recovery, or action plan, and own it. #3) Do you have a way of life that incorporates your principals of recovery that you can live with, without turning your life into a pretzel (a way of life that limits your ability to have a life)? #4) Do you really want to live your way of life? 4a) Do you believe that to be true? 4b) How are you working on that? #5) Are you willing to put your personal desires and personal ambitions aside for the betterment of the group? #6) Google Eddie Rickenbacker (or read biography attachment) 4/4/2013 0 Comments Recording For April 4, 2013Big Book Step Study Soul Work; April 4, 2013
12×12 –Tradition One, Page129 paragraph 2, thru page 129 end of last paragraph Words: Lavish Questions:
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Pray, think, and observe life to see where you can fit in Quiet Time no matter what. Write what your Quiet Time will look like, read it, and make a commitment to the group (if you want to, no ‘have to’s) Can begin sharing beginning next week. |
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