All Addictions
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12-Step Study
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6/30/2020 0 Comments Recording For June 30, 202012 Step All Addictions Big Book Step Study Workshop June 30, 2020
Welcome! Our website is: www.12stepstudyworkshop.weebly.com To join our Tuesday workshop each week, simply call our phone bridge number at 8 a.m. EST: 1- 712- 775 -7031 Pin 714744988# To listen to the recording online for this workshop: https://12stepstudyworkshop.weebly.com/12-step-study-workshop or use the call back number: 641 715 3900 pin no. 95666# (available for a week). Press 2 to rewind. Press 3 to fast forward 30 seconds. Press 8 to pause. Thursday’s literature workshop at 8am EST. A study of AA's book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. To hear the recording: 641 715 3900 pin no. 298913# The Anonymous Press (800) 800 4398 anonpress.org publishes a Big Book study version with a blank sheet opposite each page of text + Big Book dictionaries and for AA 12 x 12. Trust and Rely Workshop (Steps 10, 11 & 12) To hear recordings of this call: 641-715-3900, pin 97200# Summary of Steps 1, 2 & 3 Part 1 - pin 235934# Part 2 - pin 578290# To receive the questions each week go to: 12stepstudyworkshop.weebly.com Scroll down to the bottom of the home page where there is space to write your name and email address and also space to ask for a buddy. If you are already a member and want a buddy, email Debbie: [email protected]. Donations for the upkeep of the website: Stephanie Whiting PO Box 531, North Pembroke MA 02358 Buddy Groups: Our telephone conference call open study buddy groups on Sundays and Tuesdays are for reading your written answers to our soul work each week. Everyone is welcome to attend these open study buddy groups. They both use the same number and code: Sundays 11 a.m. EST and Tuesdays 7 a.m. EST at (319) 527-3511 code 587213. An open buddy group for reading group work is on Zoom, every Saturday at noon Pacific Time. It is only for members reading written work and is open to all workshop members. Each week, visit www.zoom.us, click on Join a Meeting, enter meeting ID 740 7624 4590, and use the password: buddy Whoever arrives first gets to lead, starting at noon. Workshop notes: Angela maintains our workshop member contact list. Keep her updated via email at [email protected] You can find the current list at the end of this email. This Week's Soul Work: AA Big Book: Now in step 2, in Chapter 4, "We Agnostics" page 47 paragraph 2, to the end of paragraph 3. Buddy Questions: 1. Regularly contemplate our step 2 question: Do I now believe or am I even willing to believe, that there is a Power greater than myself? 2. Where in your life are you not putting this belief? Where do you find unmanageability in your life? 3. Do you believe there is a God for you? 4. Is there anyone in your life you compare yourself to? 5. Do you have someone in your life who you are just like? Ask them to tell you their story. Jot down from their story what you can incorporate into your life. Workshop Writing: Two choices. 1. Having done the step 2 sanity exercise and the second step proposition, how is your willingness to believe God can and will restore you to sanity if you put God in those areas you said were unmanageable? 2. Be specific in what areas you're willing to grow in spiritually and what's an action plan to implement.
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6/20/2020 0 Comments Recording for June 23, 202012 Step All Addictions Big Book Step Study Workshop
June 23, 2020 Welcome! Our website is: www.12stepstudyworkshop.weebly.com To listen to the recording online and for these questions: https://12stepstudyworkshop.weebly.com/12-step-study-workshop Call back number: 641 715 3900 pin no. 95666# (available for a week) Press 2 to rewind. Press 3 to fast forward 30 seconds. Press 8 to pause. Thursday’s literature workshop at 8am EST. A study of AA's book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. To hear the recording: 641 715 3900 pin no. 298913# The Anonymous Press (800) 800 4398 anonpress.org publishes a Big Book study version with a blank sheet opposite each page of text + Big Book dictionaries and for AA 12 x 12. Trust and Rely Workshop (Steps 10, 11 & 12) To hear recordings of this call: 641-715-3900, pin 97200# Summary of Steps 1, 2 & 3 Part 1 - pin 235934# Part 2 - pin 578290# To receive the questions each week go to: 12stepstudyworkshop.weebly.com Scroll down to the bottom of the home page where there is space to write your name and email address and also space to ask for a buddy. If you are already a member and want a buddy, email Debbie: [email protected]. Donations for the upkeep of the website: Stephanie Whiting PO Box 531, North Pembroke MA 02358 Buddy Groups: Our telephone conference call open study buddy groups on Sundays and Tuesdays are for reading your written answers to our soul work each week. Everyone is welcome to attend these open study buddy groups. They both use the same number and code: Sundays 11 a.m. EST and Tuesdays 7 a.m. EST at (319) 527-3511 code 587213. An open buddy group for reading group work is on Zoom, every Saturday at noon Pacific Time. It is only for members reading written work and is open to all workshop members. Each week, visit www.zoom.us, click on Join a Meeting, enter meeting ID 740 7624 4590, and use the password: buddy Whoever arrives first gets to lead, starting at noon. Workshop notes: Angela maintains our workshop member contact list. Keep her updated via email at [email protected] You can find the current list at the end of this email. This Week's Soul Work: AA Big Book: Now in step 2, we paused at Chapter 4, "We Agnostics" at the end of first paragraph page 47. Next week we will pick up here where we left off in the Big Book. Buddy Groups: Continue writing on the second step proposition areas. Pick at least three of the ten listed in the columns to bring to quiet time and write about. Write on the value of bringing these areas and the vision of recovery in those areas, into the triangle. Today's Workshop Writing: Pick one area of your life. What does it look like now? What would it look like in recovery? end 6/16/2020 0 Comments Recording For June 16, 202012 Step All Addictions Big Book Step Study Workshop (June 16, 2020)
Welcome! Our website is: www.12stepstudyworkshop.weebly.com To listen to the recording online and for these questions: https://12stepstudyworkshop.weebly.com/12-step-study-workshop Call back number: 641 715 3900 pin no. 95666# (available for a week) Press 2 to rewind. Press 3 to fast forward 30 seconds. Press 8 to pause. Thursday’s literature workshop at 8am EST. A study of AA's book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. To hear the recording: 641 715 3900 pin no. 298913# The Anonymous Press (800) 800 4398 anonpress.org publishes a Big Book study version with a blank sheet opposite each page of text + Big Book dictionaries and for AA 12 x 12. Trust and Rely Workshop (Steps 10, 11 & 12) To hear recordings of this call: 641-715-3900, pin 97200# Summary of Steps 1, 2 & 3 Part 1 - pin 235934# Part 2 - pin 578290# To receive the questions each week go to: 12stepstudyworkshop.weebly.com Scroll down to the bottom of the home page where there is space to write your name and email address and also space to ask for a buddy. If you are already a member and want a buddy, email Debbie: [email protected]. Donations for the upkeep of the website: Stephanie Whiting PO Box 531, North Pembroke MA 02358 Buddy Groups: Our telephone conference call open study buddy groups on Sundays and Tuesdays are for reading your written answers to our soul work each week. Everyone is welcome to attend these open study buddy groups. They both use the same number and code: Sundays 11 a.m. EST and Tuesdays 7 a.m. EST at (319) 527-3511 code 587213. An open buddy group for reading group work is on Zoom, every Saturday at noon Pacific Time. It is only for members reading written work and is open to all workshop members. Each week, visit www.zoom.us, click on Join a Meeting, enter meeting ID 740 7624 4590, and use the password: buddy Whoever arrives first gets to lead, starting at noon. Workshop notes: Angela maintains our workshop member contact list. Keep her updated via email at [email protected] You can find the current list at the end of this email. This Week's Soul Work: AA Big Book: Now in step 2, we paused at Chapter 4, "We Agnostics" at the end of first paragraph page 47. Buddy Work: Create two columns. On one, "What areas of my life have I not given to God, or am I not willing to give to God? List them. Second column: Opposite each area, write the corresponding fear under "Why am I afraid to give these areas to God?" Then, meditate upon what God wants it to be or look like? Write down the corresponding visions, to each. Transfer to a 3x5 card the area of your life, to the vision, and carry it with you for 2 weeks. Simultaneously, turn to page 84 in the Big Book using step 10 paragraph, "This step brings us to step 10." When those fears crop up, follow the paragraph's instructions. Workshop Writing: Pick one area to follow this process. Note: Stephanie would like feedback from members on whether the sanity exercise and step 2 proposition were helpful separately or too similar. 6/9/2020 0 Comments Recording For June 9, 2020Welcome! Our website is: www.12stepstudyworkshop.weebly.com
To listen to the recording online and for these questions: https://12stepstudyworkshop.weebly.com/12-step-study-workshop Call back number: 641 715 3900 pin no. 95666# (available for a week) Press 2 to rewind. Press 3 to fast forward 30 seconds. Press 8 to pause. Thursday’s literature workshop at 8am EST. A study of AA's book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. To hear the recording: 641 715 3900 pin no. 298913# The Anonymous Press (800) 800 4398 anonpress.org publishes a Big Book study version with a blank sheet opposite each page of text + Big Book dictionaries and for AA 12 x 12. Trust and Rely Workshop (Steps 10, 11 & 12) To hear recordings of this call: 641-715-3900, pin 97200# Summary of Steps 1, 2 & 3 Part 1 - pin 235934# Part 2 - pin 578290# To receive the questions each week go to: 12stepstudyworkshop.weebly.com Scroll down to the bottom of the home page where there is space to write your name and email address and also space to ask for a buddy. If you are already a member and want a buddy, email Debbie: [email protected]. Donations for the upkeep of the website: Stephanie Whiting PO Box 531, North Pembroke MA 02358 Buddy Groups: Our telephone conference call open study buddy groups on Sundays and Tuesdays are for reading your written answers to our soul work each week. Everyone is welcome to attend these open study buddy groups. They both use the same number and code: Sundays 11 a.m. EST and Tuesdays 7 a.m. EST at (319) 527-3511 code 587213. An open buddy group for reading group work is on Zoom, every Saturday at noon Pacific Time. It is only for members reading written work and is open to all workshop members. Each week, visit www.zoom.us, click on Join a Meeting, enter meeting ID 740 7624 4590, and use the password: buddy Whoever arrives first gets to lead, starting at noon. Workshop notes: Angela maintains our workshop member contact list. Keep her updated via email at [email protected] You can find the current list at the end of this email. This Week's Soul Work: AA Big Book: Now in step 2, we paused at Chapter 4, "We Agnostics" at the end of first paragraph page 47. Our workshop reading and writing today is from Barefoot Bill on Step 2. Which group most describes your current experience, 1 or 2? Share your answers with your buddies. In the chapter "We Agnostics" in the Big Book, there are two groups of people mentioned. Which one more closely describes your CURRENT experience? 1 - (page 50-51) -- Group 1 -- "Here are thousands of men and women, worldly indeed. They flatly declare that since they have (1.) come to believe in a Power greater than themselves (Step 2), (2.) to take a certain attitude toward that Power (Step 3), and (3.) to do certain simple things (Steps 4 through 12), there has been a revolutionary change in their way of living and thinking. In the face of collapse and despair, in the face of the total failure of their human resources (Step 1), they found that a new power, peace, happiness, and sense of direction flowed into them. This happened soon after they (4.) wholeheartedly met a few simple requirements (the Twelve Steps). Once confused and baffled by the seeming futility of existence, they show the underlying reasons why they were making heavy going of life. Leaving aside the drink question, they tell why living was so unsatisfactory. They show how the change came over them. When many hundreds of people (5.) are able to say that the consciousness of the Presence of God is today the most important fact of their lives, they present a powerful reason why one should have faith." (This is also called living in the solution.) 2 - (page 52) -- Group 2 -- "We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn't control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we couldn't make a living (which includes not being able to make a successful life), we had a feeling of uselessness, we were full of fear, we were unhappy, we couldn't seem to be of real help to other people." (These are also called the bedevilments, which means, "to torment maliciously". They are the results of living a self-centered life, drinking or not, and describes the inner unmanageability mentioned in Step One. They are the mental state that precedes the first drink and are the result of untreated alcoholism, whether we are drinking or not. They are the root of the problem. ) Prepare for the step 2 proposition workshop discussion next week. Barefoot Bill on the second step proposition: Just like Step One, the Big Book on page 47 provides a question associated with taking Step Two. In the middle of 47, the Big Book authors write: "We need to ask ourselves but one short question. 'Do I NOW believe, or am I even WILLING to believe, that there IS a Power greater than myself?' As soon as a man can say that he does believe, or is willing to believe, we emphatically (or strongly) assure him that he is on his way. It has been repeatedly proven among us that upon this simple cornerstone a wonderfully effective spiritual structure can be built." Now, it's time to choose. Are we willing to admit that there is a Higher Power? If we are, we're ready to take Step Two. If you are hesitant to commit right now, that's fine. It just means you're not ready to proceed with the rest of the program. Please take time during the next week to discuss the concept of a "God of YOUR understanding" with your "sponsor" or spiritual advisor. If after that you are then ready to proceed, have that person take you through the Second Step and ask you to answer the Second Step question found in the middle of page 47, where we find the directions. Let's see who is ready to proceed. This is the Second Step question for those doing it for the first time: "Do you NOW believe, or are you even WILLING to believe, that there IS a Power greater than yourself?" Please answer yes or no. For those of you who have done a Second Step in the past, there is a deeper Step Two question to answer: Do you now believe, or are you even willing to believe, that there is a Power greater than yourself that can take you beyond where you are now in EVERY area of your life. Past here, past the experience you've already had. Do you believe that there are realms of peace, love, freedom, happiness, understanding, areas of consciousness, wisdom, & power that you can't even imagine? Please answer yes or no. Those of you who have answered "yes" to the Step 2 question have completed the Second Step. 6/3/2020 0 Comments Recording For June 2, 202012 Step All Addictions Big Book Step Study Workshop (Week 91) June 2, 2020 Welcome! Our website is: www.12stepstudyworkshop.weebly.com To listen to the recording online and for these questions: https://12stepstudyworkshop.weebly.com/12-step-study-workshop Call back number: 641 715 3900 pin no. 95666# (available for a week) Press 2 to rewind. Press 3 to fast forward 30 seconds. Press 8 to pause. Thursday’s literature workshop at 8am EST. A study of AA's book Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. To hear the recording: 641 715 3900 pin no. 298913# The Anonymous Press (800) 800 4398 anonpress.org publishes a Big Book study version with a blank sheet opposite each page of text + Big Book dictionaries and for AA 12 x 12. Trust and Rely Workshop (Steps 10, 11 & 12) To hear recordings of this call: 641-715-3900, pin 97200# Summary of Steps 1, 2 & 3 Part 1 - pin 235934# Part 2 - pin 578290# To receive the questions each week go to: 12stepstudyworkshop.weebly.com Scroll down to the bottom of the home page where there is space to write your name and email address and also space to ask for a buddy. If you are already a member and want a buddy, email Debbie: [email protected]. Donations for the upkeep of the website: Stephanie Whiting PO Box 531, North Pembroke MA 02358 Buddy Groups: Our telephone conference call open study buddy groups on Sundays and Tuesdays are for reading your written answers to our soul work each week. Everyone is welcome to attend these open study buddy groups. They both use the same number and code: Sundays 11 a.m. EST and Tuesdays 7 a.m. EST at (319) 527-3511 code 587213. An open buddy group for reading group work is on Zoom, every Saturday at noon Pacific Time. It is only for members reading written work and is open to all workshop members. Each week, visit www.zoom.us, click on Join a Meeting, enter meeting ID 740 7624 4590, and use the password: buddy Workshop notes: Angela maintains our workshop member contact list. Keep her updated via email at [email protected] You can find the current list at the end of this email. This Week's Soul Work: AA Big Book: Now in step 2, we paused at Chapter 4, "We Agnostics" at the end of first paragraph page 47. This week, begin the Sanity Exercise, a two-column chart. Work on it however you want or as much or as little as you want. There are basically two questions for #'s 1-15. Left column, "What does my life look like now?" Right column, "How would I like it to be, or what does sanity look like in these areas? Step Two Sanity Exercise We move toward and become like that which we think about. In order to get to where we want to go, we need to find out where we are (Step One), we also need to figure out where we're going (Step Two), and then we need to come up with how to get there (Steps Three through Twelve). In other words, we locate where we are in the following left columns, then we create our personal vision for a recovery and sanity ideal of what we want to move toward in the following right columns. We ask ourselves, "What would my life look like if I didn't have this unmanageability?" The idea behind this is that if we believe that God can restore us to sanity, what would sanity look like in these fifteen areas? We create a sanity ideal for the future in the right column by setting a goal for each of areas of unmanageability in the left column. - Barefoot Bill STEP ONE -UNMANAGEABILITY What does my life look like now? 1. I am restless, irritable (which means "easily annoyed") and discontented. (which means "never satisfied") 2. I'm having trouble in personal relationships 3. I can't control my emotional nature. 4. I'm a prey to misery and depression. 5. I can't make a living (which includes a career, finances, AND making a successful life). 6. I have a feeling of uselessness. 7. I am full of fear. 8. I am unhappy. 9. I can't seem to be of real help to other people. 10. I am like the actor trying to run the whole show. I arrange the scenery & all the players because I know what's best for everyone. 11. I'm driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity; so I step on the toes of my fellows & they retaliate. 12. I'm an extreme example of self-will run riot, though I usually don't think so. 13. I lead a double life by presenting a stage character so I can enjoy a certain reputation, but I know in my heart I don't deserve it. 14. I'm like a tornado roaring my way thru other's lives. Hearts are broken. Sweet relationships are dead. Affections are uprooted. 15. My selfish and inconsiderate habits have kept my home in turmoil. (Right Column Sanity Ideals)STEP TWO - A SOBER VISION OF SANITY How would I like it to be, or what does sanity look like in these areas? After filling this out completely, ask yourself an important Step Two question: Are you able to bring these right column sanity ideals into your life without God's help? YES___NO___. Source: This Sanity Exercise is found at the link: http://barefootsworld.org/aaworkstep2.html Or, you can Google "AA Step 2 Sanity Exercise Barefoot Bill" to get the same thing. It is also a document attached to this email if you want to print it out. Next week, the workshop will again focus on the Sanity Exercise. |
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You can listen to our recorded meetings at (641) 715-3900, pin 95666# for our Tuesday Big Book Step Study workshop. You can also hear our Thursday Big Book Study recordings at (641) 715-3900, pin 298913#. These meetings can be accessed at any time.
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