In other words, the first step is not just the beginning of this process. For years sponsors adapted the worksheets from other 12 step groups, substituting language and ideology. This book is intentionally written to be relevant to newcomers and to help more. Their key to success is the 12 step program that is used to help addicts become sober by accomplishing each step. Alcoholics anonymous by alcoholics anonymous, twelve steps and twelve traditions by alcoholics anonymous, breathing underwater. The big book bunch 12 step workbook we are the big book bunch group of alcoholics anonymous. Step 12 having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. Step workbook with writing prompts and questions for each step, space for a gratitude list and journal paper podenco press. We employ no professional counselors or therapists. Its not solely based on the 12 steps like aa is because of the inherent shame and such that comes along with some of the steps ie looking at our wrongs. The first step in your recovery involves going to 12 step meetings, finding a sponsor and working through the 12 steps with your sponsor. This workbook is for sponsors and sponsees who want to work through the steps together, and for those in recovery who. Whether youre going through the workbook by yourself or working with a parent, a therapist, or support group, i hope that the material here will help you deal with the pain as well as the pleasure of being adopted.
It is good to be reminded of these categories as we undertake step 4. Atheists and agnostics have found success through na programs, as have people of faith. Next, we admitted to god, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. The author of this book developed a blameless inventory, which really had done wonders for me when looking at my issues.
We admitted that we were powerless over our addiction. Trigger list step one is all about how powerless we are. Narcotics anonymous step working guides are meant to be used by na members at any stage of recovery, whether its the first time through the steps, or whether they have been a guiding force for many years. It contains grammar exercises, along with new vocabulary and conversational, listening, and reading practice for each chapter in the textbook, so. This approach makes sense to secular agnostics and atheists as well as religious people. Read step 1 of the 12 steps and 12 traditions12x12 read chapter 5 of alcoholics anonymous read the step in either na, sa or ga that is specific to your program.
In other words, the first step is not just the beginning of. Multifellowship 12 step recovery workbook with space for gratitude list and journal. Newcomers are not asked to accept or follow these twelve steps in their entirety if they feel unwilling or unable to do so. The idea for this piece of literature came from the narcotics anonymous fellowship itself.
The twelve steps used in the life recovery workbook have been adapted with permission from the twelve steps of alcoholics anonymous. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. But i was hoping there was an official workbook worksheet that would help me grasp the explanations and examples in the bb. Every process and suggestion in this workbook is optional. The proactive 12 steps are inspired by the traditional twelve steps. They describe a mindful program for people in recovery as well as all the people who feel stuck in life.
The twelve step program big book guide 12 step recovery. Combined, these widely used, evidencebased therapies provide a dynamic treatment modality to help strengthen a clients recovery from substance abuse. A twelve step workbook al kohallek goes stepping contents title page preface 3 an eye i witness account 4 useful information 6 introducing step one 9 six essential characteristics 10 step one questions 11 step two questions i am grateful for supplement list page 14 step three questions 15 introduction to step four 16. Worksheets from with questions for all steps english version. Your group please be aware that everything in this workbook comes from our experience.
The guide applies established educational techniques blooms taxonomy to developing an understanding of the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous. A return to living through the 12 steps and 12 traditions of. I just bought a new spiral note book,have my pens all ready,and will start on this tonight. Anybody, or any institutions you have harmed, add to a list. The fourth column, wrongs section will be of particular use. In general, the program aims to be welcoming to a wide range of members. It is also available for free on the podenco press website as a pdf. Step by step medical coding chapter 9 theory and practical. Step 1 of the 12 steps is about breaking through your denial and facing the consequences of your addictions we admitted we were powerless over our addiction that our lives had become unmanageable.
Download pamphlets and handouts to use in big book group sessions. Step 2 of the 12 steps is about hope, there is an answer and this answer is a power greater than ourselves. Doing whats suggested in this workbook may cause you to let go of some parts of your personal reality. March madness sales event 12 % off everything month of march only. This oneofakind group course which incorporates dialectical behavior therapy dbt and twelve step facilitation tsf. Its therefore very important, from the beginning of our recovery, to look at what triggered our drinking and. Twelve step workbook marijuana anonymous world services. This is the workbook edition of the sponsors 12 step manual. Our goals are to live the spiritual process through which sobriety is obtained and enhanced, and to publish at no charge our experience for other. After coming to believe that a higher power could restore us to sanity, while we surrendered our will over to the care of god as we understood him, we then wrote a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
I first help my sponsees determine which amends should be made, and. Steps by the big book steps by the big book workbook for. Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. Chalice lighting as someone lights the chalice, the leader reads an inspirational reading he or she has selected for the meeting. The 12 steps for humanists, agnostics, atheists the islamic twelve steps the pagan twelve steps the 12 steps for everyone the five ss of sobriety traumainformed smart universalist interpretation of the 12 steps comparisons of steps and principles step 1 step 2 step 3 step 4 step 5 step 6 step 7 step 8 step 9 step 10 step 11 step 12. Every time a check is written or a deposit is made, a record should be made in the groups check register. Their key to success is the 12step program that is used to help addicts become sober by. The only requirement for membership is the desire to stop using. Typical to all the other narcotics anonymous literature, this book is written in a very fluid and interesting way, that most readers will find magnetic. Part one als 40 day serendipity journey al kohallek begins his most ambitious undertaking part one covers the first nine steps using the first 164 pages of the big book alcoholics anonymous and the steps form the book 12 steps and 12 traditions. Thoroughly annotated, written with downtoearth humor and simplicity, and providing a contemporary context for understanding, a program for you helps us experience the same path of renewal that bill w. I will be buying a copy of 12 steps and 12 traditions, but ive read some of the online 12 and 12, and i found the explanations and examples to also be ambiguous and not particularly helpful. This twelve step workbook guide substitutes terms and phrases related to alcoholism to include any actingout or obsessivecompulsive addiction patterns such as, drugs and all mind altering substances, sugarfoodovereating, nicotine, gambling, sex love pornography, electronic. Beginning in 2002, fellows began discussing the need of creating our own.
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of god as we understood him. The first step is about facing the reality of your situation. The narcotics anonymous step working guides unfamiliar, we should feel free to make use of a dictionary. Workbook 1 of the japanese stage step course is designed to be used alongside stage one of the grammar textbook. Al kohallek goes 12 stepping this workbook includes all twelve steps, which may be applied to any area of our life. Narcotics addiction12 step support na step guide workbook i thought i would start a thread to discuss the na step working guide book. Twelve steps and twelve traditions alcoholics anonymous. Pdf version based upon the text of the windows help version and published by arid. For millions of people with addiction, narcotics anonymous serves as a strong foundation on which to build a bright future selfdescribed as a nonprofit fellowship, narcotics anonymous na grew from humble beginnings to a worldwide establishment without ever charging a dime. We have created ready set go for taking the aca 12 steps in 4 one and half hour sessions first before working the aca 12 step workbook. We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
I find that its very important to go over your step 8 list with a sponsor or other 12 step member that has worked all the steps someone whom you trust for direction. Click any document name above doc or pdf to view or download a section of the workbook. Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to addicts, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. Your group please be aware that everything in this workbook comes from our experience, strength, and hope. March madness sales event 12% off everything month of march only. When i came into recovery i had a spiritual hole in me and i am not in the slightest religious. This file has questions covering all of the 12 steps in adobe pdf format. Then for each item or person on the list note the name and. Our origins are the students of the big book group, which has met in woodland hills, california since december of 1985. Start studying step by step medical coding chapter 9 theory and practical. Our steps by the big book group sessions are not official aa meetings. Narcotics anonymous step working guides are meant to be used by na members at any stage of. Go to download workbooks or download workshops to choose a workbook or workshop papers. Jul 05, 2015 step 1 of the 12 steps is about breaking through your denial and facing the consequences of your addictions.
The twelve steps of the aa, na, saa and slaa programs are based upon spiritual principles. Step study guide non aa or na just for today meditations. A friend of mine just bought one and i decided to break mine out and go through it again. I have tried to make the workbook as user friendly as possible. Narcotics addiction 12 step support na step guide workbook i thought i would start a thread to discuss the na step working guide book. These guides are meant to be used by na members at any stage of recovery, whether its our first time through the steps or weve been living with the steps as our guiding force for many years. In addition for sexaholics, read the step into action, the section on step 1 then do the writing. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
You are invited to pick those questions that seem most relevant to your recovery and answer them to the best of your ability. Welcome this is a list of questions for working the 12 step program for recovery from addictive behavior. Steps by the big book steps by the big book workbook. Whenever you realize this, you need to look for a different approach. Make receipts every time cash comes into or goes out of the group treasury, and 2. Use money orders, not cash, for paying bills and making donations to area, region, or world services. Addiction treatment, publishing, education, research, and. Preamble leader reads aloud the 712 connection is a fellowship of men and women who share our experience, strength. For people seeking to conquer their substance use problems, a supportive network or community plays a vital role. It makes no sense to keep trying to solve problems with solutions that cant work. I have tried to make the workbook as user friendly as. This is a more practical, indepth handbook of the 12 step program, where every step is looked into with more detail.
Each branch of 12 step na operates slightly differently, and some may be more religious than others. Prepare to apologize to everyone for everything affected by your being so fucked up. Na is a nonprofit fellowship and our membership is free. This is a list of questions for working the 12 step program for recovery from addictive behavior. In this way, you can better keep track of truly working your 12 step program. Beginning in 2002, fellows began discussing the need of creating our own companion to life with hope, our basic text. Pdf version based upon the text of the windows help version. We admitted we were powerless over our addiction that our lives had become unmanageable. Freely downloadable word doc and pdf files are available for the following sections for workbook for the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous aa. An independent guide to teaching and learning the program of a.
I just dont like the format of this workbook as opposed to other 12 step books. But i was hoping there was an official workbookworksheet that would help me grasp the explanations and examples in the bb. A womens recovery collection from stephanie covington. Beginning in the early 1980s, we began receiving twelve step guides and step worksheets along with requests that we develop a standard set of guides for the na fellowship to use in working through the twelve steps. Narcotics anonymous na was originally created to treat narcotic addiction and abuse and has since grown to help any addict who is trying to escape their addiction. Recovery jewelry for that special someone on your list. Our workbook companion to alcoholics anonymous 12 steps of recovery from alcoholism and addiction. Welcome to ready set go adult children of alcoholics. The twelve steps of alcoholics anonymous pdf dhis2. Jul 06, 2015 step 2 of the 12 steps is about hope, there is an answer and this answer is a power greater than ourselves. This celebration of the basic text of twelve step recovery breathes new life into the big books timeless wisdom. Edas steps are based on the twelve steps of alcoholics anonymous aa. A twelve step workbook al kohallek goes stepping caution. This step workbook is the result of a cumulative effort by the worldwide fellowship of marijuana anonymous.
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