During any such meeting to study the aa big book, you would expect to encounter a wide variety of viewpoints on the portions under consideration. Big book study closed, discussion back to meetings. Once a solid foundation of spiritually awakened folk are meeting together in a committed fashion, then, and only then, do we call ourselves a. The big book study movement is outside of the structure of.
Once a solid foundation of spiritually awakened folk are meeting together in a. Aa meetings open, closed, big book, 12x12, speaker. Welcome to the happy, joyous, and free big book meeting of alcoholics anonymous. Monday brookline happy destiny bbss brookline community church 2 main st 7. Due to yesterdays decision of government of czech republic to put the whole country in the state of emergency, the na porici 1042 premise where englishspeaking aa meetings are usually held is temporary closed. The purpose of this study guide is to enable the student to better understand the information the authors of the book, alcoholics anonymous, intended to impart to each of us based on their experience and knowledge of alcoholism and. These groups study and practice the experience and knowledge outlined in the text book, alcoholics anonymous as of august 2015. However, youre feeling nervous about what youll experience. Alcoholics anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.
I dont share much because i feel i will come out with crap. This guide exemplifies, as close as possible, one of the strongest original ways of alcoholics anonymous. The individual sections of this study guide material reflect ideas, emotions and attitudes you might hear from the mouth of that old timer over in the corner. I didnt connect with the big book of alcoholics anonymous until over a year into my sobriety. The chair person is also sponsoring one of the new comers in this meeting. We meet together with regularity to study the aa big book together to learn now to. So alcoholic thinking kicks in is this a way to jointly read the first 164 pages with the newbie. Perhaps youre thinking about going to an aa or an na meeting. We meet together with regularity to study the aa big book together to learn now to better apply the steps while we search for the next prospect. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.
Many books with wisdom can be read endlessly, and you find something new each time. Therefore, it is not surprising that our drinking careers have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove we could drink like other people. The big book includes an assertion first made in the second edition, which was. Massachusetts aa big book step study meetings concord. My 10 favorite lines from the big book of alcoholics. The format of this meeting is that i will read a paragraph from the big book that follows on, from where we left off last week. New hampshire aa big book step study meetings concord. In that setting, consider that, over in the corner, sits an old timer who has been around aa for over half a century.
In caa, we use the big book of alcoholics anonymous. During any such meeting to study the aa big book, you would expect to encounter a wide variety of viewpoints on the. For the serious student of the aa big book, what follows are some recommendations from the author of this study guide in the approach to take when utilizing this supplemental material. These meetings can be accessed go to thought and click on read more for how. The big book step study bbss format, based upon an aa meeting format originated in hyannis, mass. Members move, change schedules so that they cannot meet with us, or think. Established in 1945, alcoholics anonymous cleveland district office is a nonprofit organization serving the counties of cuyahoga, geauga and lake ohio. Use this form to submit a change to the meeting information above.
Open meetings are for anyone interested in alcoholics anonymous program of recovery. Zip file 534 k self extracting word document 584 k download ms word document 1. All you need is a big book and this guide to go through the steps with someone in a way similar to what dr bob, clarence s or bill wilson would have done. Yes, what you tell us is true, but it doesnt fully apply. The irrationality of alcoholics anonymous the atlantic. Thinking in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and 12. Box 459 octobernovember 1974 big book study groups. The beauty of recovery is that we learn inner peace does not come. You will learn the full meaning of love thy neighbor as thy self.
The primary purpose of this site is to carry the message contained within the big book of alcoholics anonymous. The reason is, the bb is the basic textbook for recovery in aa. We think this account of our experiences will help everyone to better understand. We, of alcoholics anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. At each meeting, a member begins to read where the previous weeks. The purpose of this study guide is to enable the student to better understand the information the authors of the book, alcoholics anonymous, intended to impart to each of us based on their experience and knowledge of alcoholism and their program of recovery. More about alcoholism m ost of ushave been unwilling to admit we were real alcoholics. This will sometimes disturb those who find their own personal belief system is being challenged by what he says. Experience the big book is a guided, detailed study of the aa big book and 12 steps, by dr. Chapter 3 more about alcoholism m ost of ushave been unwilling to admit we were real alcoholics. Alcoholics anonymous is famously difficult to study. All references to the topics will be found in the first 164 pages of the book, alcoholics anonymous. To this end we ask ourselves two primary questions.
The 164 and more book, ebook, and web site are all concordances which display passages from the big book alcoholics anonymous, the twelve steps and twelve traditions, and the a. Barber conducting an aa big book meeting of course with anonymity of those in attendance. It is the basic text of the fellowship of alcoholics anonymous, and has helped large numbers of alcoholic men and women, young and old, recover. I didnt care to read it and i didnt think it had anything of substance i. Groups often organize in order to read and discuss the book, hoping to give the newcomer an understanding of what the. Experience the big book is a guided, detailed study of the aa big book and 12. Aa recovery aa aa unity aa aa service aa why this group. The alcoholics anonymous preamble alcoholics anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and.
Big book step study alcoholics anonymous cleveland ohio. Date change the workshop will begin 311 rather than 34 as originally posted. It is the basic text of the fellowship of alcoholics anonymous, and has helped large numbers of alcoholic men and women, young and old, recover as of december 2009, 30,664,881 copies of the big book have been sold or otherwise distributed source aa gso ny. In many bbss meetings, only members who have worked the 12 steps according to this structure are permitted to share. The big book step study bbss format, based upon an aa meeting format. To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book.
At each meeting, the team members will read what they have written on powerlessness during that week. A study of aas book twelve steps and twelve traditions. Like the big book study, but using the book twelve steps and. The book alcoholics anonymous, aka the big book, is the basic text for the aa program of sobriety. After a reading, members share their experience or thoughts on the material just read. All references to the topics will be found in the first 164 pages of the book, alcoholics anonymous acceptance page. No person likes to think he is bodily and mentally different from his fellows.
The big book study movement is outside of the structure of alcoholics anonymous in ireland. But the biggest conflicts i get are from other big book thumpers who think. Aa big book with questions for discussion hi everyone. Im new to this board, but it looks like there is quite a bit of activity here. Happy joyous and free big book meeting of alcoholics anonymous. Research on the effectiveness of alcoholics anonymous aa is controversial and is subject to widely divergent interpretations. Sorting and rendering passages in the proprietary format of the 164 and more concordance does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either alcoholics. Why would bill capitalize the word fellowship here and not anywhere else in the big book. This fear of the unknown can keep many people from even walking through the doors of a meeting. Read the book alcoholics anonymous from the frontispiece through the end of chapter 11 a vision for you pg 164. Brookline big book study group alcoholics anonymous nh.
A searching, fearless moral inventory as it is expressed in chapter 5 of the big book of alcoholics anonymous. Aa the original way 12 step guide aa the original way group. The committee was surprised at the proliferation of the big book study. It can help to know what na and aa meetings are like. The alcoholics anonymous preamble alcoholics anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. We find that if we change the word alcohol to cocaine and the word alcoholic to to cocaine addict, it fits us perfectly. At a big book meeting, they readdiscuss and hopefully study the big book. We wish to make the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous part of our lives by collaborating with a power greater than ourselves an inner knowing, our own best and highest nature.