Jul
9
2011
Assignment for July 7, 2011
Please be prepared to share an 11th Step nightly review on the live call on Thursday.
Jun
30
2011
June 30th workshop
June 30th workshop
Words:
presumption
inspiration
attuned
Questions:
1. Are you committed to having a “quiet time” each day without exception?
a. If no, why?
b. What time of day works best for you?
c. What type of format works best for you?
d. Before next week, e-mail or call someone with your answers.
2. Do atleast one written “nightly review” (questions on page 86 BB) and give it to someone.
Jun
3
2011
Writing for June 2, 2011
Step 11
1. Do a spot check during the day (10th Step), and throughout the day.
2. Do a Nightly Review (11th Step) before going to bed.
3. Do Quiet Time, “No matter what!”
REMINDER: For June 9th and 16th, listen to the Trust and Rely on God recordings on prayer and meditation by calling this number:
641-715-3900, Code: 97200#.
The June 16th recording is based on the 11th Step in the AA 12 and 12 and reading will be from the “Reflections”, an AA daily meditations book.
May
13
2011
Writing for May 12, 2011
Tradition 10
AA 12 & 12, p.176
Words:
provocation
controversy
perish
Google: “Washingtonians”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washingtonian_movement
May
6
2011
Writing for May 5, 2011
Step 10
Words:
Perverse
Writing:
Stop everyday at 4pm. Do a 10th step inventory whether you need to or not.
Ask yourself:
Have you been resentful today?
Have you been selfish today?
Have you been dishonest today?
Have you been fearful today?
Did you need to discuss anything with someone today?
Is there anything you could have done better today?
Were you kind today?
Were you loving today?
Was it about your self?
Was it about others?
Was it about fitting into the stream of life?
Apr
23
2011
Writing Assignment for April 21, 2011
Step 10: AA 12 & 12, p. 92
Words:
vigilance
pointless
Writing:
Write about your last resentment.
Apr
17
2011
Writing Assignment for April 14, 2011
Step 10
Words:
develop
tirade
Writing:
1. Write on two recent self-seeking situations, one when you used these disciplines, and another when you did not. For each situation, write out what happened, and how it ended.
Disciplines:
PRACTICE SELF-RESTRAINT: Stop/pause. Step back.
ASK GOD FOR HELP.
DO INVENTORY:
- Do an honest analysis of selfishness, resentment, dishonesty, and fear.
- Be willing to admit when the fault is yours.
- Be willing to forgive when the fault is elsewhere.
2. Write out what this means to you: “looking for progress and not perfection”.
Do you want to be perfect? Why do you want to be perfect? Can you achieve perfection? Why can you achieve perfection? Are you willing to accept that you cannot achieve perfection?
Write about progress. Have you seen progress? What does progress mean to you? Can you accept progress?
3. What are these self-seeking behaviors: failed to be fair-minded, unkind tirade, willful self-judgment, power driven argument, silent scorn? Have I done any of these recently?
Apr
15
2011
Writing Assignment for April 7, 2011
Step 10
Word: axiom
Writing:
Write about the last well-nursed grudge you held that made your life miserable.
1. What was the grudge?
2. Why did you hang on to it?
3. How did it effect your life?
Apr
2
2011
Writing Assignment for March 31, 2011
Step 10: AA Big Book, p 85
Take all of paragraph 1 (starts with “It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action….”) and paragraph 2 on page 85, and break them down, line by line, and write what each line means to you.
Mar
25
2011
Writing Assignment for March 24, 2011
Step 10: AA Big Book, p. 85
1. What does it mean for you to be in fit spiritual condition? What actions do you need to take?
2. Get 3×5 cards and write out the actions that you need to do keep spiritually fit. Put them in strategic places: your pocketbook, car, bathroom, Big book, wherever you will see them often.
3. What do you have to do for emotional and physical sobriety?
4. Write out your 10th Step: write out resentments, fears, emotional upsets.
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