Download and print out these handy worksheets and use them as you go through the 12 steps with your sponsor. Inventory blank sheets, one sex inventory instructions, one 4th step guide. Aa speaker turn our will and our lives over to the care of god new 20 duration. The only exception to the big books instruction is a 5th column, whereby we. Step 4 worksheet page 4 of 4 now, well look at the harms inventory. If you have an allergy to something, it would always be indicated or manifested by some physical reaction. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol drugs, actingout behaviour, that our lives had become unmanageable. We want to fi nd exactly how, when, and where our natu ral desires have warped us. Step 1 powerless big book goals table of contents goal 2 define the solution goal 3 action necessary for recovery chapter 5 how it works chapter 2 chapter 3 chapter 4 step 2 there is a solution more about alcoholism chapter 6 into action we agnostics power chapter 7 working with others step 3 12 how to find power. Rather they are designed to provide an introduction to this step. Reinforce important points in the big book through this set of three workbooks that offer clear discussions of each step and.
These notes and worksheets are not intended to be a guide to working step four. This is a preliminary version of your list for step 8. Though our decisionstep 3 was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once fast followed by a strenuous. You will need idiots guide as you go through steps 1 3. Ask for help with inventory and truth in the morning, night and before writing with a prayer like this one taken from the big book. Big book step study step 4 turnarounds soberrecovery. To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered, and additionally on page 29 in the big book it states, further on, clearcut directions are given showing how we recovered. Big book study guides for aa by alcoholics anonymous paperback. Big book workshop handouts and forms steps 10 and 11 fourth step forms fourth step inventory forms resentment, fears, sex, harms other than sex. Jan 31, 2009 step study sundays 8pm est big book meeting same number as above note. The big book bunch 12 step workbook we are the big book bunch group of alcoholics anonymous.
This steps by the big book workbook is for those who are willing to grow along spiritual lines 60. Fourth step inventory introduction to the 4th step inventory. Feb 05, 2009 this is an all addictions big book step study workshop. This is the step 4 emotional sobriety oa worksheet in a word document and a pdf file. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves reading. Step 4 worksheets 4th step guide fourth step inventory. Each week, during the beginning of each workshop session and. The big book of alcoholics anonymous preface states. All page numbers in this fourth step inventory workshop, refer to the third edition of the book alcoholics anonymous.
If you are using the fourth edition make sure you are on the correct page. You will need the big book of alcoholics anonymous large print or. Below, are the idiots guides for the addictionissue you are addressing. The only requirements are to show up, to study the big book and to practice the steps. Please print 2 sides on one sheet of paper sheet 1 side. Goal 1 identify the problem doctors opinion chapter i bill. To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered. In the process, the period for taking the steps was expanded and modified from 4 weeks to somewhere in between 12 and 16 weeks. We are not affiliated with any twelve step fellowship. The big book explains that we must make a list that includes all our resentments we have and have ever had, an account of sexual conduct and our fears. Steps by the big book free sbbb workbook for the 12 steps.
The original source for these worksheets is sadly no longer available. Next we launched out on a course of vigorous action, the first step of which is a personal housecleaning, which many of us had never attempted. An active journey through the 12 steps schwartz, aron on. A graphic guide to aas fourth step though our decision1 was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face and be rid of, the things in ourselves which had been blocking us.
Big book awakening 4th step workshop resentment examples and worksheets 122006 columns 1 4 to download the most current versions of these worksheets go to. We were prepared to look at it from an entirely different angle. 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. Numerous step four guides are available both on the internet and in print form.
In a friendly, focused group of sponsors, sponsees, and others in recovery, we study and practice the 12 steps as they were originally described in the text, alcoholics anonymous. Alcoholics anonymous the big book, chapter 1 16 pages. Great worksheets for step 4 easy to understand alongside the big book of. The words aa steps steps quotes overcoming addiction reading comprehension worksheets celebrate recovery financial stress alcoholics anonymous sober life. Our society is not the reading society that it once was and therefore we, of the twenty first century, find it difficult to understand the written instructions for the 4th step contained in our basic text book. Step four instructions made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves a stop set aside prayer. These 4th step worksheets use the wording from alcoholics anonymous the big book pages 6371. For instance, say you are allergic to strawberries and you eat them. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. This is a 1 page summary of sections out of the aa big book original manuscript on step 2.
Notes on step four big book version kent state university. This list should contain all the persons and institutions you have harmed. To be able to start on this step, the previous three steps must of course have been completed, so before starting check with your sponsor, spiritual advisor, counselor, etc. 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. There is a detailed instruction sheet that goes with the step 4 inventory forms, from the workshop. They may be downloaded individually or as one large zipped or combined fourth step pdf file. When sharing on the sunday night big book step study meeting, please identify yourself as. Workbooks for working the 12 step program of recovery. I am not a big book step sponsor yet, these are just my thoughts. These are the original and official 4th step guides and work sheetsused in the dallas b. Though our decisionstep 3 was a vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once fast followed by a.
Regarding the word turnaround not being in the big book, here is my very lay persons response. Step 8 page 76 third paragraph step 9 page 79 top of page step 10 page 85 middle of page step 11 night prayer page 86 middle of page morning prayer page 86 bottom of page during the day prayer page 87 second paragraph step 12 page 164 middle of page this is only a partial list of the prayers in the big book. Therefore, it is the belief in their own equality in the eyes of their creator which becomes the focal point of concern. Step 4 worksheets 4th step guide fourth step inventory big book study worksheets. You will have 2 columns, as shown in this template. The big book says that we have listed the people we have hurt by our conduct. Steps by the big book step 1 steps by the big book. This is a written inventory based on the 4 absolutes.
This author does not subscribe to any belief system which claims superiority of some human beings over others. The sponsorship guide is your syllabus throughout your 12step course using the idiots guide. We as laymen have a basic understanding and definition for the word allergy. 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. Big book step study workshop all addictions step study.
The fourth step guide is available here for free as a series of files for download and printing. Our origins are the students of the big book group, which has met in woodland hills, california since december of 1985. The sole purpose of this workshop is to study and experience the steps as they are laid out in the big book of alcoholics anonymous. We wish to look squarely at the unhappiness this has caused others and ourselves. The fourth step inventory was modified and became a much more laborious and detailed procedure. The first time i took a drink i knew it wasnt for me. Step guide fourth step inventory big book study worksheets in step template alanon step worksheet printable worksheets samples 62 best aa 12 step work sheers images on free worksheets samples joe and charlie step worksheet 4 column worksheets samples fourth step guide to recovery from alcoholism. This book has become the basic text of our society. The following suggestions are from the book twelve steps and twelve traditions, in the chapter titled step four, published by alcoholics anonymous, world services, inc. They are not designed to be printed and used as the actual worksheets.
When the word optional is used in the worksheets, it means that the big book suggests doing this but does not suggest writing anything down. Home read the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions alcoholics anonymous alcoholics anonymous this is the fourth edition of the big book, the basic text for alcoholics anonymous. We turned back to the list, for it held the key to the future. Please do not state that you are in stephanies workshop, for it is a break of my anonymity. The only exception to the big books instruction is a 5th column, whereby we identify what we can do differently in the future. This is one of the best summaries on the 4th step that i have ever come across. Many of us feel that we have two primary textbooks in aa, this one and of course the book titled alcoholicsanonymous, called by many the big book. This is 4th step fears inventory is designed for newcomers or anyone who wishes to do a forth step out of the big book. How have i done the things ive resented in column 2 to the person ive listed in.
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