Thursday Big Book Step Study

 

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AA Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Step Seven pgs. 71:2 – end 72:1

A.A Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Step Seven pg. 71:2- end 72:1

Words:

72:1
1. exclusively
2. barren

Writing Assignment:

1. Character building and spiritual values need to be our first priorities instead of becoming materially successful. Why do you think Bill wrote this?
1a. What is your experience with this statement?
1b. Where are you today with this statement?

2. What constitutes happiness for you?
2a. What happens when you choose comfort over character building?

3. How can we make;
a. Honest y.
b. Tolerance.
c. True love of others and God the daily basis of living.
3a. What do you truly want?
3b. Are you doing it now and if not are you willing to start doing it now?

4. Is there any areas in your life that you are still agnostic?

5. As long as we place self-reliance first a general reliance on a Higher Power was out of the questions?

6. Self -reliance availed nothing. We stood at the turning point; Where are you going to turn?

 

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A.A Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Step Seven pg. 70 – end 71:1

A.A Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Step Seven pg. 70- end 71:1

Words:

70:2
1. pride
70:3
2. millennium
71:1
3. deprecate
4. frustrated
5. oblivion

Writing Assignment:

1. Write on how pride tempered with humility is a character asset.
1a. Write how your life in recovery fellowship needs you to have this positive quality.
1b. How can pride become a shortcoming/character defect?

2. “The belief that to satisfy our basic natural desires is the main object of life”. Do you see how this is the root of all our problems; selfishness and self-centeredness?

3. Write on how you set the ball rolling to have others step on your toes (Step Four resentments) by “demanding more than our share of security, prestige, and romance.”

 

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AA Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Tradition Six, pgs. 155 –159

Words
AA Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Tradition Six, pgs. 155 –159

155:0
1. prestige
2. divert
3. primary
4. purpose

155:1
5. meritorious

155:2
6. derelicts

156:0
7. neurosis

156:2
8. idealist

153:3
9. consternation
10. mired

Writing Assignment

1. “We are all perfectionists who, failing perfections, have gone to the other extreme.” (156:2 line 5) Write on how it affects you and your experiences.

2. How would you explain Tradition Six to your sponsee?
2a. How would you help start a clubhouse?
2b. How would you handle being invited onto a T.V. show discussing your Step One Fellowship?

 

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AA Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Step Seven, pg. 70:0- end 70:3

AA Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions pg.70:1 – end 70:3

Words:
70:3

1. ideal

Writing Assignment:

“Humility – Perpetual quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble. It is to never to be fretted or vexed, irritable or sore; to wonder at nothing that is done to me to feel nothing done against me.
It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed or despised, it is to have a blessed home in myself where I can go in and shut the door and pray and knee to my Father in secret and be at peace, as in a deep sea of calmness, when all around and about is seeming trouble” (inscription of a plaque that was on the desk of Dr. Bob)

1. Write on Dr. Bob’s plague on humility.

2. “The attainment of greater humility is the foundation principle of each of A.A.’s Twelve Steps. “ (pg. 70:2) Write on what that statement means to you.

3. Here is a list of what we receive when we develop much more of this precious quality; humility.
1.Sobriety
2.Truly happy.
3.We get to live with useful purpose. (To do God’s bidding.)
4.In adversity we are able to summon the faith to meet any emergency.
5.The task ahead of us is never greater than the POWER behind us.
Write about what this means to you.

 

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AA Big Book “INTO ACTION” Step Seven, pg. 76:0 – end 76:1

AA Big Book “INTO ACTION” Step Seven, 76:0 – 76:2

Words:

76:2
1. bidding
2. usefulness

Writing Assignment:

1. Take page 76 paragraph number 2 and break it down and write on each segment.
1. When I am ready,
2. We say something like this:
3. “My. . .
4. Creator,
5. I am now willing that you should have all of me,
6. . . .good and bad.
7. I pray. . .
8. . . .that you now remove from me every single defect of character. . .
9. . . .which stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my fellows.
10. Grant me the strength,
11. . . .as I go out from here,
12. . . .to do your bidding. Amen”