The saa program offers a spiritual solution to our addiction, without requiring adherence to any specific set of beliefs or practices. The big workbook is an instruction manual for working the alcoholics anonymous 12 step program. Asca and 12 step programs as mentioned above, asca is a recovery program based on psychological concepts of recovery. Our steps by the big book group sessions are not official aa meetings. The first step is our beginning foundation of putting the puzzle of our lives back together again.
Showing top 8 worksheets in the category 12 step recovery. This can give you some framework for working through each of the steps. Christcentered workbook on recovery and coordinating. Anonymous aa, with primary emphasis given to steps 1 though 5. You may also choose to copy these questions and answer them in private or public groups. The initial idea for the twelve step maps and the general format. The con tent of this intervention is consistent with the 12 steps of alcoholics. An independent guide to teaching and learning the program of a.
Every process and suggestion in this workbook is optional. Take all 12 steps in just 4 hours download this aa big book step. Kasl poses at the end of each step in her 16step workbook entitled yes you can. A fourth study guides are distilled right out of the big book of alcoholics anonymous. Again, these decisions and actions should, in my opinion, only be made with the help of someone experienced in the program. We recognize all our 12 traditions for safety within this group. Steps by the big book is a nocharge website for people in recovery from alcohol and drugs and other addictions who wish to study the 12 steps of alcoholics. Steps by the big book steps by the big book workbook for. The information in this book was design to give you basic knowledge and awareness of the 12 step program. This is the workbook edition of the sponsors 12 step manual. Step 1 is about recognizing the need to align with, and ask for assistance from, something higher than the personality part that you are currently aligned with. The twelve steps used in the life recovery workbook have been adapted with permission from the twelve steps of alcoholics anonymous. Welcome to ready set go this is an invitation to ready set go a 12 step tool before doing our workbook.
Your group please be aware that everything in this workbook comes from our experience. These step study guides and worksheets have been used by thousands of aas, nas, alanons, oa overeaters, cas, gas and other 12 step recovery program members that use the 12 steps as instructed in the book, alcoholics. The twelve step program big book guide big book sponsorship. Questions that you can copy and paste into your personal diary book. Whenever you realize this, you need to look for a different approach. Not engage in side conversations while class is in session. Christcentered workbook on recovery and coordinating twelve step meetings. Step one is the only step that most twelve step programs have changed or altered in wording, enabling to focus on the addiction that they primarily cover. The 12 steps were created by the founders of alcoholics anonymous to establish guidelines for the best way to overcome an addiction to. This, the newcomer thinks, is just about the last straw. When jesus is totally in the center of our lives and the foundation of all that we do, we are walk. While many ideas represented in 12 step programs may be valuable for survivors of child abuse, some are not. Alcoholics anonymous aa the group has become synonymous with the concepts of recovery and lasting sobriety. To read a pdf version of the fourth edition of alcoholics anonymous.
Womans way through the twelve steps is a sure way to add to any other 12 step program that you may be using. In addition, i regularly use the 16 steps with individual clients by having them write the answers to the questions that dr. The material is taken from our big red book and our aca 12 step workbook. Na is a nonprofit fellowship and our membership is free. Nodelink maps, in general, have been shown to be useful communication tools and the maps in this manual can be incorporated easily into most types of twelve step treatments. Eas twelvestep program step program step program this is a complimentary version of the basic pamphlet for the program of emotions anonymous. The idea for this piece of literature came from the narcotics anonymous fellowship itself. Study treatment committee workbook and related materials. No price tag can be placed on the help i received through these twelve step programs. Please put your name in it and bring it to group every week. Step three 34 made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of god, as we understood him. Depending on the client, i might assign one or two steps to read and write about for homework, then following through by going over.
A written step 10 can be completed by using the step 4 table on a daily basis. While ive never been through a 12 step program, i have been meditating for 8 years. This workbook helps to increase understanding of the lessons in the book and brings them to life with simple exercises and journaling activities. Most of us find opportunities on a daily basis to apply one or more of the steps to some challenge in our life. Twelve steps twelve traditions the 12 12, step 1 4 pages. Step 10 is, in my opinion, a lifelong step, as many of our. Reach goals trying to reach a goal can be frustrating. If you prefer you can use our jpeg version instead high resolution low resolution. Sober and active in the program since 261957, al kohalek, has used his experience in our program to create these workbooks to facilitate our spiritual development. Lds family services addiction recovery program has adapted the original twelve steps of alcoholics anonymous world services, inc. This is where liars anonymous or a 12 step program for lying can help. Regular religion and medical help didnt work for me and a treatment program was not readily available when i entered. A womans way through the twelve steps workbook is designed to be used in conjunction with the book a womans way through the twelve steps.
Book and twelve steps and twelve traditions the twelve and twelve although intending to be ecumenical, is still burdened by the religiousspiritual language of the time in which it was written. The recovering and discovering progresses with taking the steps by using a structured format over a four week period. We unanimously found the activities at the end of each step chapter to be incredibly stupid but the questions on each step to be immensely helpful. For more help, dont miss our guides to the 12 steps the twelve steps. Ive attached the step 9 from the 12 steps and 12 traditions, something that can benefit us all before attempting to practice this step. The original twelve steps are listed below, and the twelve steps as used in this program appear on page iv. Christcentered workbook on recovery and coordinating twelve. Jul 27, 20 if you dont have an account please click here to create a free account. We began using it for a weekly 2 hour sunday am writing workshop meeting. Step seven is change in attitude which permits us to move out of ourselves toward god. The first step is about facing the reality of your situation. The twelve steps are the heart of the oa recovery program.
Step eight 77 made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. Download this free 12 step workbook that guides the newcomer through all 12 steps. In other words, the first step is not just the beginning of this process. The guide applies established educational techniques blooms taxonomy to developing an understanding of the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous. It makes no sense to keep trying to solve problems with solutions that cant work. King county step up program, seattle, wa 1 lily anderson and greg routt welcome to step up. There may come a time when pathological liar treatment is necessary. We are pleased you are here, and look forward to having you and your family in step up group. Taking this book down from our shelf we turn to the page which contains the twelve steps. The details of the design and implementation of project match will be described in full in forthcoming publications. Twelve steps workbook twelve steps to a compassionate life the actor in you. The big workbook working the 12 steps by the book version 1. Some of the worksheets displayed are aas 12 steps including powerful, first step work, twelve steps and twelve traditions, 12 step work questions, a twelve step workbook, resentment inventory prompt, service material from the general service office, 12th step work.
Developed over 80 years ago by a small group of alcoholics, the aa program provides simple tools for living based on a set of spiritual principles. During that time ive read many wonderful books about buddhism and meditation. If working a step amonth program, i suggest using these sheets as your primary step work for august, in conjunction with reading you cant make me angry see spiritual backpack link. A resource list for mental health professionals and consumers. Showing top 8 worksheets in the category aa 12 steps. This is not an official alcoholics anonymous website. Our workbook companion to alcoholics anonymous 12 steps of recovery from alcoholism and addiction. In fact, there are about as many versions as there are alcoholics in aa who use the program to get sober and to maintain their sobriety. This course which took 2 years to create was created because most people in 12 step recovery unfortunately are presented watereddown processes when working the 12 steps.
Watch out for fucked up thinking and behaviour and be honest when it happens. The twelve steps, twelve traditions and brief excerpts are reprinted with permission of alcoholics anonymous world services, inc. 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. Printable 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous free pdf. This format is designed for 2 or more addicts working in pairs and can be conducted in one half day, four hour session or in four, onehour sessions. I am a person who has been in recovery for 10 years, and found that many. Walking the 12 steps with jesus christ introduction. Download pamphlets and handouts to use in big book group sessions. We strongly encourage you to attend 12 step groups in your community where you can get indepth information and guidance about the 12 step program. This is usually imported by default into microsoft excel when present, but it can also be used for many other programs for general input and import. Ready set go is for the newcomer and the old timer. Permission to reprint and adapt the twelve steps, twelve traditions and brief excerpts does not mean that a. King county step up program, seattle, wa 8 lily anderson and greg routt ground rules for the group to make this program successful for everybody, we should all strive to. The founder of aa, bill w, discovered early on that individuals and groups adapted the 12.
Your group please be aware that everything in this workbook comes from our experience, strength, and hope. Popular 12step programs include alcoholics anonymous, narcotics anonymous. For more help, dont miss our guides to the 12 steps. The narcotics anonymous step working guides unfamiliar, we should feel free to make use of a dictionary. A womans way through the twelve steps workbook pdf created date. Alcoholics anonymous the big book, chapter 1 16 pages. Free pdf manualsworkbooks for group and individual therapy or selfhelp purposes. Welcome to ready set go adult children of alcoholics. Click any document name above doc or pdf to view or download a section of the workbook. We employ no professional counselors or therapists. Dec 16, 2014 overeaters anonymous 12 step workbook pdf the twelve step workbook of overeaters anonymous, pp.
The twelve steps, traditions and promises reprinted for adaptation with permission of alcoholics anonymous world services inc. Doing whats suggested in this workbook may cause you to let go of some parts of your personal reality. Read the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions. Twelve steps and to prepare you for when you choose to do the aca 12 step workbook.
The only requirement for membership is the desire to stop using. In line with the 12 traditions, these worksheets are free to download and use for your recovery in any way that you please as long as you do not sell them. Youll be directed to the implemented questions and answers for each step of the 12 step worksheet. 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.
Helping others newcomers is the foundation stone of your recovery. We do not list double trouble in recovery, dual diagnosis anonymous, or meetings of any other organization. Purchase treatment committee workbooks for all committee members. Writtenpictorial handouts provided in client workbook experiential 12 step game postgroup quiz. On the right side of your screen, click on the dropdown button create. Take all 12 steps in just 4 hours download this aa big. Am i c 2epared to live a truly awakened life and to be alert to the am i pr inevitable deviations that will come. This file has questions for all 12 steps in comma delimited format csv. Introduction introduction to steps by the big book. In particular, many survivors have difficulty with the idea of surrendering to a higher power. 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. Freely downloadable word doc and pdf files are available for the following sections for workbook for the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous aa. This and the next two steps are concerned with personal relations.
The following list is comprised of links to over 100 pdf workbooks, manuals, and guidebooks that are published online and free to use with clients andor. We provide this study guide based on personal experience to help those following aas 12 steps as outlined in the original big book, alcoholics anonymous aa. Download pamphlets and handouts to use in big book group sessions our workbook companion to alcoholics anonymous 12 steps of recovery from alcoholism and addiction is called steps by the big book. Christian 12 step program walking the 12 steps with jesus christ. A twelve step workbook al kohallek goes stepping caution. 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. We admitted we were powerless over alcoholthat our lives had become unmanageable. Feel free to use a separate sheet of paper if you need more room. Not only will you be led through each of the 12 steps, but you will also be given my personal thoughts and feelings on each topic as it has applied. Twelvestep programs help people recover from addiction. You may choose to copy and paste some or all of these questions into your personal diary book also referred to as online personal journal. You can get a 12 step meeting schedule from your counselor at the end of this group.
There is no step 9 worksheet, as this is a step that needs to be made to the persons we have harmed. This section outlines the major features of the study. Some of the worksheets displayed are first step work, 12 step work questions, please clearly to prevent any, step 1 work, into the 12 steps of recovery, the twelve step program, the narcotics anonymous step working guide, the program. We thank god from the bottom of our heart that we know him better. Learning to live with others is a fascinating adventure. Page 2 introduction there are many versions of the 12 steps.
Fred holmquist, program managerwere kind enough to lend us their substantial expertise in this effort. This is a proven program of success, and with it, you cant go wrong. 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. It is based entirely on the instructions found in the original. This form is strictly for meetings of dual recovery anonymous.
Anonymous, because it has been proven that the 12 step recovery program. The twelve step program big book guide 12 step recovery. With the emergence of eastern philosophical teachings over the past thirtyfive years, many of us longed for another way of hearing the twelve step. 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. These worksheets can be viewed, edited and extended as you have need using any one of many available word processors or spreadsheet applications. Twelve step facilitation therapy manual project match, a 5year study, was initiated by the treatment research branch of niaaa in 1989. Dual recovery anonymous is an autonomous organization with its own world services corporation, published literature, registered trademarks, infrastructure, and fellowship. We wish to offer them special thanks, and we gratefully. The founder of aa, bill w, discovered early on that individuals and groups adapted the 12 steps as found in alcoholics anonymous and he encouraged and supported them. Twelve step facilitation therapy manual pubsniaaanihgov. It is a step by step process of getting out of self and becoming godcentered. Take this course if you are interested in learning exactly what those who work the 12 steps should be doing when they work the 12 steps. Steps by the big book steps by the big book workbook. Home read the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions.
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