Our steps by the big book group sessions are not official aa meetings. Yet, we believe we can make some definite and valuable suggestions. The first step is the beginning of the recovery process. Dec 07, 2018 find the right addiction recovery center. The only difference is that the focus has shifted from the past and into the present. We are the big book bunch group of alcoholics anonymous.
Steps by the big book step 10 steps by the big book. As long as i follow directions without expectation, both sets of promises are realized. This requires action on our part, which, when completed, will mean that we have ad mitted to god, to ourselves, and to another human being, the exact nature of our defects. The 9th step promises were what i thought were cool sitting there keeping myself sober. It works, if we have the proper attitude and work at it. When the word optional is used in the worksheets, it means that the big book suggests doing this. Step one we admitted we were powerless over our addiction, that our lives had become unmanageable. The big book s suggestion for daily work on this step is to watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear.
Continue to watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear 4th step. Step ten a daily tenth step keeps us on a sound spiritual footing. Remember, this is a program of growth and recovery and if you are clean today, you are doing something right. Worksheets are step continued to take personal inventory and when we, 10th step work, resentment inventory prompt, 10th step daily inventory, 4th step work, fourth step inventory, 11th step work, writing for today. Under tools, simply select the nightly inventory tab to begin. Do not get upset if you could have done better or if you fail to live up to your expectations of yourself. Tenth step nightly inventory app that was created by members to help simplify their daily inventory. All page numbers in this fourth step inventory workshop, refer to the third edition of the book alcoholics anonymous. It also a feature to create gratitude lists besides the free sobriety calculator. And at length our inventories become a regular part of everyday living, rather than something unusual or set apart.
This checklist is discussed on page 64 of the big book. I have found a daily inventory or look back at my day to be very helpful in identifying areas of my life which need attention or more work. Resentment inventory prompt sheet here is a list of people, institutions and principles that may be helpful in your resentment inventory. My spiritual toolkit now includes a nightly inventory tool. A business which takes no regular inventory usually goes broke.
Step four is an effort to discove r our liabilities. I pray that i discuss them with someone immediately and make amends quickly if i have harmed anyone. Twelve step prayers spiritual alcoholics anonymous cleveland. Fourth step inventory these fourth step worksheets use the wording from alcoholics anonymous the big book pages 6371. While each member asks different questions, some questions have been found to be helpful to almost everyone. People father step mother step sisters step brothers step aunts uncles cousins clergy police lawyers judges doctors employers employees coworkers in. Then we resolutely turn our thoughts to someone we can help. All humans and are bound to make mistakes and errors. Step 11 on awakening, let us think about the twentyfour hours ahead. Tenth step inventory app that was created by members to help simplify their daily inventory. Into action 75 that he will not try to change our plan.
When we decide who is to hear our story, we waste no time. Liabilities and assets checklist for a moral inventory. Rather than weighing on the conscience or building up to produce greater consequence, the mistake is corrected promptly and the problem nipped in the bud. Step four 42 made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Step ten asks that you continue the process you worked during steps four through nine. The worksheets were created by using the precise instructions in the big book to make taking the fourth step as easy and simple as possible. Step ten 91 ation of longstanding diffi culties had better be postponed, when possible, to times deliberately set aside for that purpose. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly. Before we ask what a spotcheck inventory is, lets look at the kind of setting in which such an inventory can do its work. On the tao of recovery website, they provide an excellent description of this step, which can be found in the big book of alcoholics anonymous. This is the fourth edition of the big book, the basic text for alcoholics anonymous. Since the first edition appeared, in 1939, it has helped millions of men and women recover from alcoholism. Our origins are the students of the big book group, which has met in woodland hills, california since december of 1985. See inventory guide sheet on the next page to use as a guide while writing. Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of.
Continued to take personal inventory, and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it. The big book authors indicate that the best way to deal with our fears is to do exactly what we did with resentments. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong. New nightly inventory tool my spiritual toolkitmy spiritual. Did i have a sense of hopeless, dread or impending doom. Misguided moral inventory can result in guilt, grandiosity, or blaming others. Please read that instruction sheet, follow the instructions, and also read all the references in the big book mentioned in the instructions, and read the big book references on each one of the individual forms. The emphasis on inventory is heavy only because a great many of us have never really acquired the habit of accurate selfappraisal. Steps by the big book is a nocharge website for people in recovery from alcohol. Tenth step prayer god, i pray that i continue to watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear. Questions continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it. Notwithstanding the great necessity for discussing. I admit that my life is unmanageable when i try to control it.
When these crop up, i humbly ask you to remove them at once. In all these situations we need selfrestraint, honest. This app includes 10th step inventory, 11th step night time inventory and lots of other features. This thought brings us to step ten, which suggests we continue to take. Step ten suggests we continue to take personal inventorystep 4 and. This steps by the big book workbook is for those who are willing to grow along spiritual lines 60. In fact, one of the possible names for aa then was, the james club after the book of james from the bible. Before we begin, we ask god to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from selfpity, dishonest or selfseeking motives. Step 10 questions to ask yourself while working step 10 step ten part 1. While studying the suggestions for step ten, she recalls, i realized something that i had been missing. We continue to take inventory as in step four and continue to make amends if we harm anyone as in steps eight and nine.
Do a spotcheck inventory, acknowledge faults to another person, be willing to remove shortcomings, ask hp for guidance, determine if we have harmed someone with our behavior and make amends. The tenth step, in some ways, is the practice of steps 4 through 9, but on a continual basis. Dec 07, 2017 the tenth step, in some ways, is the practice of steps 4 through 9, but on a continual basis. Freely downloadable word doc and pdf files are available for the following sections for workbook for the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous aa. Here is the step 11 worksheet created for our group. I pray that i turn my thoughts to someone i can help.
Many people today are unfamiliar with the assets and liabilities checklist that was used by the a. Owning up to those wrongs quickly settles the issue. Joe and charlies 10th and 11th step worksheet emotional. We vigorously commenced this way of living as we cleaned up the past. To open pdf files, you will need adobe reader or equivalent software. We have a written inventory and we are pre pared for a long talk. Step 10 preparing for the tenth step the tenth step. My tenth step here is the tenth step in the aa invelve step program.
In step ten youll continue to take personal inventory. Na has an information pamphlet entitled living the program which i have found to be very helpful in a daily analysis of how my recovery is going. This brings us to the fifth step in the program of recovery mentioned in the preceding chapter. In fact, the 10th step can be seen as the culmination of successfully completing steps four through nine. Displaying all worksheets related to step 10 inventory. We explain to our partner what we are about to do and why we have to do it. How was i resentful if so, do 4 column inventory 2. Step 10 steps by the big book and step 10 flowchart. A first of anything is a beginning, and so it is with the steps. This thought brings us to step ten, which suggests we continue to take personal inventory and continue to set right any. Before we begin, we ask god to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from selfpity, dishonest or. Step tens moral inventory can be as simple as making a journal or a mental note of what i had done, right and wrong in context to my values and promptly admitting when i was wrong. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted. The big book bunch 12 step workbook we are the big book bunch group of alcoholics anonymous.
If you run out of space in any box, continue on other side. They moved me deeply, usually a few months before an epic relapse. If someone offers you one that you can type your 4th step inventory in it run away as fast as you can. The 10th step promises are what i actually experienced when i did the work. The quick inventory is aimed at our daily ups and downs, especially those where people or new events throw us off balance and tempt us to make mistakes. Just as you addressed your defects, you must keep your. But we must not use this as a mere excuse to postpone. Step 10 of alcoholics anonymous encourages you to examine yourself as a part of your daily routine. Tenth step inventory we continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it. Reflect on ten yes or no questions at the end of your day to help you complete your 10th step inventory. Did you know, before the big book was published, the early members of aa studied the bible. If we are to experience permanent recovery from alcoholism, what do we need to do. This womans desperation led her to reread alcoholics anonymous often called the big book of aa. Optional tool within the app lets you track how well youre walking on the 12th step beam over time, depending on how.
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