All Addictions
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12-Step Study
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3/29/2018 0 Comments Recording For March 29, 2018(week 324) 29 March 2018
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# Tuesdays 8am EST We are coming towards the end of reading the personal stories at the end of the Big Book. In April we will study Living Sober and As Bill Sees It. Everyone is encouraged to come along. Donations towards the cost and upkeep of the website. Please send via Pay Pal on the website or send a check to: Stephanie Whiting P O Box 531 North Pembroke MA 02358 If you are new to the workshop (or not receiving the questions) please email and phone Sue W *HS Ruddock on 434 987 4346 [email protected] Step Twelve: ‘Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.’ Big Book Chapter 7: Working With Others page 100:4 Soul work Q1 Do you still have an alcoholic mind and put the type of restrictions around you mentioned on pages 100:4 and 101:1? If you are still afraid, do a fear inventory. [The food, alcohol, drugs etc.. don’t have any power over you. It is the power you give them]. Look up: scheming, legitimate. Q2. Are you scheming about something? e.g. getting your husband, boss to do something? Q3. How many schemes did you come up with to combat your addiction? Q4. In your everyday life what schemes have you come up with and how doomed to failure were they because you didn’t bring God in? Q5. With God nothing is impossible. Do you believe this? Q6. Do you believe that if you have a legitimate reason to go to a nightclub, bar, drinks reception/to a bakery, restaurant you are tempting providence by going there? Q7. Are you spiritually fit in the area of your addiction? Are you spiritually fit in all areas of your life? ends
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3/22/2018 0 Comments Recording For March 22, 2018 (Wk #323) - 22 Mar 2018 - ALL Addictions BB 12 Step-Study Wkshp
3/15/2018 0 Comments Recording For March 15, 2018(week 322 8 March 2018 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# Tuesdays 8am EST We are reading the thought-provoking personal stories at the end of the Big Book. Everyone is encouraged to come along. Callback number: Donations towards the cost and upkeep of the website. Please send via Pay Pal on the website or send a check to: Stephanie Whiting P O Box 531 North Pembroke MA 02358 If you are new to the workshop (or not receiving the questions) please email and phone Sue W *HS Ruddock on 434 987 4346 [email protected] Soul Work - Step Twelve continued Today’s reading: Big Book Ch. 7: Working with Others p.100: (reread para 1, then) para 2 Assignment 1: Go to our website (12stepstudyworkshop.weebly.com) and choose one HANDOUT in whose topic you are interested, read it, and then report on it to your buddy or buddy group. Assignment 2: On the website, find the summary of Steps 1, 2, and 3 and note that site or note the phone number for the recording of that summary. (Next time around, Stephanie will be using those handouts for passing out assignments/Soul Work.) Q(1)a)Are you following the dictates of your HP? b) Are you at least trying to know what they are? c)And, if you are, has this promise come true for you: that “you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your present circumstances!”? (BB p. 100:1 last sentence) “Both you and the new man must walk day by day in the path of spiritual progress. If you persist, remarkable things will happen.” (BB p. 100:1 sent. 1,2) Q(2)What makes you remarkable today? (Don’t judge yourself by ANYbody today/ Don’t compare yourself with anybody but yourself.) “When working with a man and his family, you should take care not to participate in their quarrels.” Q(3)When is the last time you were in a quarrel? What was it about? Q(3)a)Write the difference between a quarrel and a dialogue. b)Why should we not point out people’s character defects and, rather, guide them to see where they may be wrong in a given situation? Two great tips from Stephanie: •If you find yourself in any quarrel, take the HIGH road and just say: ‘Right now, I’m agreeing to disagree. And, you might be right but I’m not going to discuss it. I’m going to wait ‘til we’re both calm again in order to revisit this issue when we’re both rational.’ (It’s best to stick to one’s own defects’ inventory - done with G-D, oneself, and then shared with another human being.) •If someone is vexing your soul today, just give them a wide berth. But that doesn’t mean you go out of the way to have a cup of tea with them. 3/8/2018 0 Comments Recording For March 8, 2018(week 321) 8 March 2018
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# Tuesdays 8am EST We are reading the thought-provoking personal stories at the end of the Big Book. Everyone is encouraged to come along. Callback number: Donations towards the cost and upkeep of the website. Please send via Pay Pal on the website or send a check to: Stephanie Whiting P O Box 531 North Pembroke MA 02358 If you are new to the workshop (or not receiving the questions) please email and phone Sue W *HS Ruddock on 434 987 4346 [email protected] Step Twelve: ‘Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.’ Big Book Chapter 7: Working With Others pages from 99:2 until end of 100:1 Let no alcoholic say he cannot recover unless he has his family back. This just isn’t so. In some cases the wife will never come back for one reason or another. Remind the prospect that his recovery is not dependent upon people It is dependent on his relationship with God. We have seen men get well whose families have not returned at all. We have seen others slip when the family came back too soon. Both you and the new man must walk day by day in the path of spiritual progress. If you persist, remarkable things will happen. When we look back, we realize that the things which came to us when we put ourselves in God’s hands were better than anything we could have planned. Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your present circumstances! Soul work Acronym for YET - Your Eligible Truth Look up: persist, dictates Q1.If you are talking about the problem you cannot possibly be talking about the solution. Are you a solution person or do you like to go on and on about the problem? Q2. Do you think you are dependent on people for your sobriety? Q3. The Big Book says my sobriety is dependent on my relationship with God. a) Do I believe that? b) Do I live that? c) Do my actions reflect what I say I believe. Q4. Are you skipping on your Quiet Time? Q5. Do you think in terms of a) I have to……[fill in the blank] …. to stay sober? b) If I don’t do……. [fill in the blank]…I cannot stay sober.? Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your present circumstances! Q6. Is your sobriety and your life, dependent on listening God? Are you making actions plans, following through on them and having accountability? Q7. What is your experience of leaving meetings? Why did you leave? Were they breaking the traditions? Did you bring it to a business meeting? Did you try to bring what you could to the meeting? Q8. Ask yourself: am I walking day by day in the path of spiritual progress? If the answer is ‘yes’, ask: how can I improve? If ‘no,’ ask: what do I need to do differently? Both you and the new man must walk day by day in the path of spiritual progress. If you persist, remarkable things will happen. Q9. Are you living this today? When we look back, we realize that the things which came to us when we put ourselves in God’s hands were better than anything we could have planned. Q10. Are things better today than what you planned when you first came into recovery? Q11. Is my goal intimacy - first with God and then with others? Q12. Rejection is God’s way of protection. Write on this. Ends 3/1/2018 0 Comments Recording for March 1, 2018(week 320) 1 March 2018
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# Tuesdays 8am EST We are reading the thought-provoking personal stories at the end of the Big Book. Everyone is encouraged to come along. Donations towards the cost and upkeep of the website. Please send via Pay Pal on the website or send a check to: Stephanie Whiting P O Box 531 North Pembroke MA 02358 If you are new to the workshop (or not receiving the questions) please email and phone Sue W *HS Ruddock on 434 987 4346 [email protected] Step Twelve: ‘Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.’ Big Book Chapter 7: Working With Others top of page 99:1 & 2 Soul work ‘After they have seen tangible results, the family will perhaps want to go along. These things will come to pass naturally and in good time provided, however, the alcoholic continues to demonstrate that he can be sober, considerate, and helpful, regardless of what anyone says or does. Of course, we all fall much below this standard many times. But we must try to repair the damage immediately lest we pay the penalty by a spree. If there be divorce or separation, there should be no undue haste for the couple to get together. The man should be sure of his recovery. The wife should fully understand his new way of life. If their old relationship is to be resumed it must be on a better basis, since the former did not work. This means a new attitude and spirit all around. Sometimes it is to the best interest of all concerned that a couple remain apart. Obviously, no rule can be laid down. Let the alcoholic continue his program day by day. When the time for living together has come, it will be apparent to both parties. Q1. How are you doing? a) Are you sober? b) How are you doing being considerate and helpful in all your affairs regardless of what anyone says or does? c) Do you tend to slip because of what others say or do? Q2.a) Write about the last time you fell below the standard of being considerate and helpful? b) Do you need to repair the damage by making amends? Q3. Are the people in your life respectful? If not, have you been wishy washy about letting them know this is non-negotiable in your life. Or have you been aggressive? Q4. Now you have had a spiritual experience, are you willing to have a new attitude towards your family? |And to give them a lot of wiggle room just as you expect them to give that to you to work your programme. Q5. Do you have a new attitude in your recovery whereby you try to live without thinking you are the centre of the universe? And do you want to have relationships with family, your neighbours, spiritual community? Q6. When working with someone and you laid down rules how did it work out? And how did it work out when others laid down the law for you? ends |
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