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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.
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