All Addictions
12-Step Study
Workshop
12-Step Study
Workshop
9/28/2017 0 Comments Recording For September 28, 2017(week 298) September 28 2017 12-Step Study Big book All Addictions Workshop
Call back number 641 715 3900 pin no. 95666# (available for a week) Open Study Buddy group on Sundays 11-12am EST. 319 527 3511 pin no. 587213# Donations towards the cost and upkeep of the website. Please send via Pay Pal on the website or send a cheque to: Stephanie Whiting P O Box 531 North Pembroke MA 02358 Step 11 ‘Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.’ AA 12 Steps and 12 Traditions: page 104 Soul work When you make a mistake be honest, teachable and humble. Look up: persistence. Q1. Where have you recently thought that you knew what God’s will was for somebody else. While you may not have said anything were you thinking “I can do this for this for them, they could do that, etc”….Write on this. Q2. Look at your life. Are you trying to play God? e.g. with your sponsees. Do you want recovery for them more than they do? Q3. Write down: God, Your will not mine be done. What does that bring up for you ? Q4. What is your definition of a God incidence? Write three notable incidences that you have had. Q5. We have found that the actual results of prayer are beyond question. Do you believe that? Have you experienced it? If this is not the case perhaps you have not been going to Quiet Time with an open heart and mind. Whatever it is, use the formula: truth, humility and teachability, take this to Quiet Time and then share with a kind compassionate buddy. Make an action plan. If you are not willing, take that to Quiet Time and ask for the willingness to be willing. And maybe bring the same question to God tomorrow. Q6. Have you found peace of mind that can stand firm in the face of difficult circumstances, or do you fly off the handle? Peace of mind action plan: Pray Plan Prepare Protect (your peace of mind) Ends
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(week 297) September 7 2017 12-Step Study Big book All Addictions Workshop
Call back number 641 715 3900 pin no. 95666# (available for a week) Open Study Buddy group on Sundays 11-12am EST 319 527 3511 pin no. 587213# Donations towards the cost of the website and upkeep Please send via Pay Pal on the website or send a cheque to: Stephanie Whiting P O Box 531 North Pembroke MA 02358 AA 12 Steps and 12 Traditions Step 11. page 103:1 ‘Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God,as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.’ page 103:1 soul work The prayer Thy Will Not Mine Be Done is important to have peace in your life. We take our requests to God in Quiet Time so we can make an action plan. Then we keep our feet on the ground with accountability which gets right to our ego since with accountability we are not in charge. Q1. look up St Francis of Assisi. “This can be done, but it has hazards. We have seen A.A.’s ask for much earnestness and faith for God’s explicit guidance on matters ranging all the way from a shattering domestic or financial crisis to correcting a minor personal fault, like tardiness. Quite often, however, the thoughts that seem to come from God are not answers at all. They prove to be well-intentioned unconscious rationalizations. The A.A., or indeed any man, who tries to run his life rigidly by this kind of prayer, by this self-serving demand of God for replies, is a particularly disconcerting individual. To any questioning or criticism of his actions he instantly proffers his reliance upon prayer for guidance in all matters great or small. He may have forgotten the possibility that his own wishful thinking and the human tendency to rationalize have distorted his so-called guidance. With the best of intentions, he tends to force his own will into all sorts of situations and problems with the comfortable assurance that he is acting under God;s specific direction. Under such an illusion, he can of course create great havoc without in the least intending it.” Q2. look up denial and self-justification and put the meaning of these two words into the above paragraph Write on and own for yourself the different aspects of this paragraph. For instance: Have you ever thought God was telling you to do something when in fact you were really in denial? Ends |
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