The only requirements are to show up, to study the big book and to practice the steps. This website has been created as a service to those who suffer from addiction to alcohol, narcotics or both. The saturday morning big book step study meeting of alcoholics anonymous normally meets every saturday from 9 a. We feature speakers from alcoholics anonymous, narcotics anonymous, overeaters anonymous, alanon family groups. Littleton big book step study first congregational church 189 main st 7. A list of recordings from speakers around various bbss meetings.
In the future we plan to give access to recorded speakers addressing the twelve steps in the 15week rotation used in our meetings. Friday medford mens big book step study unitarian universalist church 147 high st 7. This is of use to those too ashamed to go to aa big book meetings in public, and thus benefit from the program in private, or until they are able to take the next step into semipublic activities. Massachusetts aa big book step study meetings concord. Our hope is that you will be able to join us in person. It also has speakers for download, and all its speakers have done the steps out of the big book, the other site now features speakers who have used the joe and charlie tapes. Wednesday manchester big book step study st paul methodist church 335 smyth rd 7.
We meet at the west barnstable community center from 7. The youtube playlist on the left top on mobile device is from the sahara big book study on thursdays in ansonia, ct at the sahara club. Great workshop on the big book of aa and the recovery process. The big book was written as a set of directions for doing the steps. If men and women didnt exert themselves to be secure in their persons, made no effort to harvest food or construct shelter, there would be no survival. Following the conclusion of the step meetings, some groups will discuss the traditions so that, every thirteenth meeting the group focuses on a tradition. View our historical archive of alcoholics anonymous talks on the aa big book. Big book step study meetings use the speakerdiscussion format common to many aa meetings. Recordings of bbss, big book step study meeting speakers. The speaker then finishes their story with what promises have been fulfilled as a. Other groups read from the big book weekly and discuss each chapter as they go along. Step four made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. The sunday evening macon ga meeting is an online meeting.
Concord big book step study anniversary celebrated every october. West barnstable big book step study alcoholics anonymous. Wednesday nashua big book 12 step study united methodist church 154 main st 7. Five members of alcoholics anonymous started the first big book step study mens group in hyannis, massachusetts, on the cape. The big book of alcoholics anonymous can be purchased at aa central or a bba meeting. Links to various bbss, big book step study websites throughout the united states. It was aimed at those people who would not be able to meet anyone from aa, because at the time it was published aa was centered in new york city, and akron and cleveland, ohio. Listen to joe and charlie talk about the original 12 step format. Phoenix, az speaking on the topic of let it begin with me at the cocaine anonymous area convention in scottsdale, az. Please let me know if you like this or would prefer random speakers. We are not experts on the big book of alcoholics anonymous. It has the most up to date meetings and announcements.
All 12 steps of joes big book study free audio download at. Audiojoy listen to over hours of 12 step recovery workshops, speaker tapes and literature from aa, na, ca, alanon and more. Smf56 suggested topics for discussion meetings alcoholics. We do readings from the big book of alcoholics anonymous and the twelve steps and twelve traditions. He also have amazing aa history speakers, aa workshops, inspirational 12 step studies, big book study tapes and more. Breaking down step one of aa alcoholics anonymous jason. Step study team study guide this study guide has proven helpful in providing structure and guidance for learning to work the twelve step program, as it is described in the book alcoholics anonymous, in small groups of 812 persons. Open, big book, step study the simple actions group aa. Cds that explore 12 step recovery in aa, alanaon and alateen. What we endeavor to do is share our experience working the 12steps from the book alcoholics anonymous. Includes free pdf downloads that go along with each weekly lesson. Takes the brains out of our head, the love from our heart, the spirit from our soul, prevents us from feeling good feelings, keeps us feeling bad. Narcotics anonymous na describes itself as a nonprofit fellowship or society of men and women for whom drugs had become a major problem. Bbss groups record their lead speakers and share them on this site to help other alcoholics around the world.
Steps by the big book free sbbb workbook for the 12. Sample pages from the working manuscript of the big book of alcoholics anonymous. Recorded earlier this year in 20, bob gives a powerful. If you are new to this meeting please listen carefully.
When i am asked to be the guest speaker at a meeting, how should i. We take six or so paragraphs from the book addressing each step and provide a panel of speakers who share continue reading open, big book, step study. Find a large selection of helpful aa big book studys cds for personal and professional use. For a printable, clickable pdf meeting list, organized by daystate, click the big blue button on the meetings page. Aa speaker turn our will and our lives over to the care of. Conference speakers aa grapevine 7th tradition statement zoom support links.
For further study, it is suggested that you get a copy of the big book of alcoholics anonymous. Best aa speakers with big book sobriety odomtology 12 step. In order to speak at this meeting you must have completed a fourth step as it is laid out in the big book with the help of a big book step study sponsor and currently be practicing steps 9, 10, 11, and 12. Some reflections and general guidelines on how a big book step study meeting might be conducted. More meetings in the meeting list have hyperlinks now. 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. This site is optimized for mobile devices as well as desktoplaptop computers.
Saturday charlestown big book step study constitution inn, 5th floor. Additional resources for big book step study meetings. This speaker tape is of two excellent na speakers, wanda and joe. Narcotics anonymous uses a traditional 12step model that has been. In the mid 1980s, five members of alcoholics anonymous started the first big book step study group in. Thankfully the twelve steps and the program of narcotics anonymous was introduced to them and there lives. Some groups discuss one chapter from the big book each week.
The narrator first gives us the na written 12 step then gives us the aa what it. On september 14, 1953, aa authorized na the use of aas 12 steps and traditions on the condition that. New hampshire aa big book step study meetings concord. The playlist on the right bottom on mobile device is from the seymour big book study on sundays in seymour, ct at the united methodist church of seymour. Step studies, open talks, workshps, panel discussions and. These are some of the best tapes i have, and one of my personal favorites. Chris raymer, aa big book, ca speaker, talk about carrying the message to the addict that still suffers. Chris raymer, aa big book, ca speaker, talks about carrying the message to the addict that still suffers. The podcast will be one step each day for the next 12 days. Given current events we have moved to a virtual meeting only, until further notice. The first step of anything is a beginning, so the first step of the alcoholics anonymous 12 steps is the beginning of your recovery process. Aa speakers amazing big book step study part 1 of 5 odomtology 12 step recovery media. Bbss speakers on step one in accordance with the twelve traditions of alcoholics anonymous we admitted we were powerless over alcoholthat our lives had become unmanageable. Welcome to the online resource of the west barnstable mens big book step study group.
Our format florida big book step study all addictions. Friday wakefield big book step study congregational church 1 church st 7. A comprehensive alcoholics anonymous big book study with aa speaker howard e. We are going to change it up a little and post a big book study workshop that took place in 2011, each speaker is presenting for about an hour on one step.
It was voted by group conscience that the purpose of this meeting is to help alcoholics achieve sobriety by studying, discussing, and practicing the steps as they are laid out in the. We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics. This email address is being protected from spambots. Big book step study is both a particular style of aa meeting as well as a philosophy about working the twelve steps precisely as they are laid out in the big book of alcoholics anonymous. Big book step study friends meeting house 103 marion rd, rt 6 7.
Massachusetts aa big book step study meetings concord nhbbss. Aa step 2 speaker tapes alcoholism recovery speakers. Our notes, commentary, and genderinclusive changes are formatted in italics. The big book, alcoholics anonymous some groups discuss one chapter from the big book each week. You will need the big book of alcoholics anonymous. Bbss speakers big book step study meetings use the speakerdiscussion format common to many aa meetings. Big book step study meetings use the speaker discussion format common to many aa meetings. Is sober, has done the steps as laid out in the big book, and can demonstrate that by their own words and example. We, of alcoholics anonymous, are more than 100 of men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body.
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