All Addictions
12-Step Study
Workshop
12-Step Study
Workshop
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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