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Prayer, reflection, admission, better conduct and atonement
- The Big Book debuted AA's suggested—but not required—twelve steps as a continuing sobriety program of prayer, reflection, admission, better conduct and atonement, all to produce a "spiritual awakening" followed by taking others—usually sponsees—through the steps.
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Jun 10, 2024 · According to the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, the 12 steps are: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that “our lives had become unmanageable.” We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Jun 17, 2024 · The Big Book for Dummies is meant to provide all the resources needed to study (including audio) the 12 Steps outlined in the 4th edition of the Alcoholics Anonymous book. The site emphasizes the importance of working with a sponsor or spiritual advisor throughout the recovery journey.
Jun 2, 2024 · Here are the steps we took. . . . — ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 59. These are the words that lead into the Twelve Steps. In their direct simplicity they sweep aside all psychological and philosophical considerations about the rightness of the Steps. They describe what I did: I took the Steps and sobriety was the result.
1 day ago · Alcoholics Anonymous publishes several books, reports, pamphlets, and other media, including a periodical known as the AA Grapevine. Two books are used primarily: Alcoholics Anonymous (the "Big Book") and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, the latter explaining AA's fundamental principles in depth. The full text of each of these two books is ...
Jun 20, 2024 · The Oxford Group’s theology, though qualified and tempered, also made its way into many of A.A.’s basic principles. But for the recovery group’s genesis, Wilson cites a more secular authority, Carl Jung. The famous Swiss psychiatrist took a keen interest in alcoholism in the 1920s.
4 days ago · AA Daily Reflections: A collection of reflections that moves through the calendar year one day at a time: A.A. members reflect on favorite quotations from the literature of Alcoholics Anonymous. The Daily Reflections focus on the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Jun 11, 2024 · The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous or the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. The Twelve Steps and Their Relationships to Christianity. Bible Studies For Successful Recovery.
