This book contains guides to working the twelve steps toward recovery. In a nutshell, step 11 says to discover the plan god, as you understand him, has for your life and find the power to carry it out. The step 4 forms and the step 11 form were originally produced by blaine d. My first suggestion of how to work the 12 steps of aa with your sponsee. The definition is scattered through the literature, but a test is offered in the first paragraph of chapter 4. Chapter 11 a vision for you for most normal folks, drinking means conviviality, companionship and colorful imagination. Pray for help with the assets and shortcomings you found in your 4 th and 10 th step work. This is the blue print of the 12 step recovery programs. Aa its self does not have any official or specifically approved spiritual path.
Francis, this prayer was almost certainly not written by him. Its important for us to understand that the language of nas recovery literature is not. Aa big book step study, reading assignments herb k. Continue to take inventory on ourselves and admit wrong. The big book of alcoholics anonymous verywell mind. Being intentional with step 11 hazelden betty ford.
Mike on experience the big book aa meetings available online. Alcoholics anonymous is well known for their 12 step program that focuses on helping people achieve sobriety, make amends, and improve the quality of their life. A blog dedicated to discussion of the program of alcoholics anonymous as found in the twelve and twelve and first 164 pages of the big book alcoholics anonymous. Step 11 na involves using prayer and meditation to improve ones conscious contact with their higher power in order to stay focused on their values. Download pamphlets and handouts to use in big book group sessions our workbook companion to alcoholics anonymous 12 steps of recovery from alcoholism and addiction is called steps by the big book. 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. This big book study article shows where you can find the information in the book, alcoholics anonymous, that explains how and when bill w. Steps by the big book step 10 steps by the big book. Big book of alcoholics anonymous 11th step meditation. Joe and charlie big book study on 11 cds with handouts. The book alcoholics anonymous, affectionately known by members as the big book, is the textbook for the original 12 step recovery program now known by the same name. Step 2 came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. But not so with us in those last days of heavy drinking. Breaking down step eleven of aa alcoholics anonymous.
Chapter 11 a vision for you f or mostnormal folks, drinking means conviviality, companionship and colorful imagination. An 18 minute session of prayer and contemplation as suggested by the big book of alcoholics anonymous. There is a direct linkage among selfexamination, meditation, and prayer. Both aa speakers carry an amazing message of recovery. For many people in recovery, step 11 presents a bit of a challenge. Step by step guide for sponsors a companion to aa s big book.
Step 11 relaxationmeditationprayer steps by the big book. Hear recovered addict and big book mucker, cameron f. The eleventh step prayers derived from the text found page 86 of alcoholics anonymous the big book. Known as the big book, it is in its fourth edition and is widely circulated through out the world.
Includes a zoom meeting schedule and qualified speakers, recorded at the asheville bbss meeting between 1999 and 2018. We each arrived at the doors of aa with an intensive and lengthy history of things that do not work today, in aa and in recovery, our history has added an intensive and lengthy history of things that do work and we will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it abc page 60 from the big book. In step 11, even an atheist could get in better contact with love, embrace love, and let that love ooze out into humanity. Step eleven 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. How to find an na meeting near you for helping with your drug problems. This is the official website of the general service office g. Being intentional with step 11 believing and behaving this article is an excerpt from the hazeldenpublished book, practicing the here and now. Step 1 we admitted we were powerless over alcohol that our lives had become unmanageable. Alcoholics anonymous aa 12step program as described in the. Our origins are the students of the big book group.
Aas evening meditation pages 86,87 and 88 explained step 11. By the time we get to the eleventh step, character defects. Step ten marked the first in a series of what are called maintenance steps, those that you continue working daily. Give back and be there for other suffering alcoholics. This step is described in parts of chapters 1, 2, 3, and all of chapter 4. Recovery eleventh step morning and nightly prayers. Monday, february, 2012 aa s evening meditation pages 86,87 and 88 explained step 11. Twelve step guide to using the alcoholics anonymous big book 2004 and twelve steps to spiritual awakening. This step is described on roman numeral pages 25 32 xxv xxxii, on pages 1 44. Taken separately, these practices can bring much relief and benefi t.
Aa the original way 12 step guide aa the original way group. Emotional sobriety and food step 11 inventory 12212014 emotional sobriety and food step 11 inventory 12212014 how to listen to god below are various versions of the pamphlets how to begin practicing. God, inspire my thinking, decisions and intuitions. The third step decision may be too big to make in one leap. Bbss big book step study an approach to working the twelve steps as they are laid out in the big book alcoholics anonymous. The intent behind alcoholics anonymous step 11 verywell mind. Alcoholics anonymous aa 12step program as described in the the big book, aas guide for people recovering from alcoholism, has many references to god and religious themes, and step 11 is no different. Steps by the big book step 11 steps by the big book. The spiritual path out of addiction exploring our spiritual path in step 11 means picking up, leaning into andor discarding various spiritual practices. The big book holds within it the central thesis and ideas of alcohol anonymous and the 12 step approach.
Or try simply using the na 3rd step prayer as a chant. Some people use the 24 hours a day book or some relevant spiritual material. In this part of the alcoholics anonymous big book study, joe and charlie discuss how to work steps 10, 11, and 12 of the aa program. Share your experience on how meditation is practical p102. Step 11 of aa involves finding your spiritual center and taking time out of each day to develop your practice and reduce negative emotions. Morning prayer god, direct my thinking today so that it be empty of self pity, dishonesty, selfwill, selfseeking and fear. This series of talks came about from a friendship that started. How to work the 12 steps of aa with your sponsee sober. The big book bunch 12 step workbook we are the big book bunch group of alcoholics anonymous. But life among alcoholics anonymous is more than attending gatherings and visiting hospitals. In order for this to happen we must go directly into steps 10, 11 and 12 while doing step 9. We provide this study guide based on personal experience to help those following aa s 12 steps as outlined in the original big book, alcoholics anonymous aa. Big book study and step study spring cleaning 2008 this is an amazing set of talks by bob d of and polly p.
Exploring spirituality in the 11th step of aa alcoholics anonymous can be a wonderful and illuminating experience. Grow closer to god and ask for direction to live his will out. A community thirty miles away has fifteen fellows of alcoholics anonymous. Prayer tips for applying step 11 of aa alcoholics anonymous is well known for their 12step program that focuses on helping people achieve sobriety, make amends, and improve the quality of their life. Being a large place, we think that some day its fellowship will number many hundreds. Like every piece of na literature, this was written by addicts for addicts. Powers will for us until the eleventh step, but we do begin the process that will lead us. Home read the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions twelve steps and twelve traditions.
Big book page 30, line 11 and what does aa say an alcoholic is. The 11th step illustrated in art, prayer and meditation. Clean path recoverys blog explains how prayer and meditation really work to help you recover from. It works, if we have the proper attitude and work at it. It is joyous intimacy with friends and a feeling that life is good. Whereas step ten kept you mindful of yourself, step eleven changes the focus to god, or your chosen higher power. Step 11 of alcoholic anonymous is about accepting there is a higher power. You may find the complete text on the official web site of alcoholics anonymous on this page you can discover what this book tells about. A cofounder of alcoholics anonymous tells how members recover and how the society functions. P rayer and meditation are our principal means of conscious contact with god.
The big book is clearwe do this to fit ourselves to be of maximum service to god and our fellow man. Alcoholics anonymous aa 12 step program as described in the the big book, aa s guide for people recovering from alcoholism, has many references to god and religious themes, and step 11 is no different. This guide has been prepared not as a replacement for or interference to our basic texts the big book and 12 and 12 but as a companion for the ideas and directions presented there. Whether you believe in a higher power or not, we can probably all agree that love is the highest power around. We now have a solid frame of reference built by the previous ten steps of aa. None of them had more than a couple of years, very often only a few months or even weeks, of recovery.
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