There are about as many versions of the 12 steps as there are alcoholics in aa who use the program to get sober and maintain their sobriety. This is the second edition of the book alcoholics anonymous, which made its first appearance in april 1939. To this end we ask ourselves two primary questions. Permission to reprint and adapt the twelve steps, twelve traditions and brief excerpts does not mean that a. Twelve steps and twelve traditions kindle edition by alcoholics anonymous world service inc download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. This does not imply either approval of or endorsement by this organization which, i understand, feels alcoholics. 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. Pdf version based upon the text of the windows help version and published by arid media. The book is ideal for sessions with your sponsor or sponsees. The twelve steps of the na, aa, saa and slaa programs are based upon. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book.
The textreferenced definitions, simple phonic pronunciation guides, and page numbers for the included words make the 12 n 12. Study what do the big book authors say about the steps. In the aa big book it states quite clearly that alcohol is only a symptom of our disease, selfishness and selfcenteredness is the root of our problem. If you have a drinking program, you should consider joining a 12 step program such as alcoholics anonymous. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with. Aa world services, formerly aa publishing has given permission for the reprint in this work. Book alcoholics anonymous and the steps form the book 12 steps and 12 traditions. Aas 12step approach follows a set of guidelines designed as steps toward recovery, and members can revisit these steps at any time. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading twelve steps and twelve traditions. Oct 28, 2019 in the big bookthe central text of aa that outlines the programthe 12 steps are defined as a set of principles, spiritual in nature, when practiced as a way of life, can expel the obsession to drink and enable the sufferer to become happily and usefully whole. The app also features a sobriety calculator, a good selection of aa literature and the complete big book text 164 pages.
A guide to the study of the twelve steps of alcoholics anonymous. To read a pdf version of the fourth edition of alcoholics anonymous click here. Aa, na, al anon, na, alateen, naranon translated aa 12 steps, and our history of the 12 steps page in many world languages. Aa 12 steps translated alcoholics anonymous 12 steps. Home read the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions twelve steps and twelve traditions twelve steps and twelve traditions a cofounder of alcoholics anonymous tells how members recover and how the society functions. A twelvestep program is a set of guiding principles outlining a course of action for recovery from addiction, compulsion, or other behavioral problems. Printable 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous free pdf download. The text used to develop the prayers are shown at the end of the prayer in parenthesis.
There are 12 step groups for people with other addictions, such as narcotics anonymous, available as well. For further study, it is suggested that you get a copy of the big book of alcoholics anonymous. 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. Home read the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions twelve. All you need is a big book and this guide to go through the steps with someone in a way similar to what dr bob, clarence s or bill wilson would have done. This guide exemplifies, as close as possible, one of the strongest original ways of alcoholics anonymous.
The 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous 2 introduction 3 study and practice 3 your group 4 working with a sponsor or buddy 5. Nov 17, 2019 this app includes hundreds of hours of amazing content on drug abuse, recovery, alcoholics anonymous, and more. The twelve steps are a set of guiding principles in addiction treatment that outline a course of action for tackling problems including alcoholism, drug addiction and compulsion. Our format quotes from the 4th edition of the book, alcoholics anonymous, our basic recovery text. To read a pdf version of the twelve steps and twelve traditions click here. In the big book the central text of aa that outlines the programthe 12 steps are defined as a set of principles, spiritual in nature, when practiced as a way of life, can expel the obsession to drink and enable the sufferer to become happily and usefully whole. Twelve steps and twelve traditions pdf of alcoholics anonymous. Alcoholics anonymous and narcotics anonymous recovery books available to read watch aa and na videos here. It is meant to provide all the resources one needs to study the 12 steps as outlined in the 4th edition of alcoholics anonymous. 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. Do not answer the questions in the rest of the book. The twelve step prayers were created using the text of the big book of alcoholics anonymous. The twelve steps, twelve traditions and brief excerpts are reprinted with permission of alcoholics anonymous world services, inc. An unofficial guide to the twelve steps, edited by dr.
Ive attached the step 9 from the 12 steps and 12 traditions, something that can benefit us all before attempting to practice this step. We, of alcoholics anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. Originally proposed by alcoholics anonymous aa as a method of recovery from alcoholism, the twelve steps were first published in the 1939 book alcoholics anonymous. Twelve steps and twelve traditions kindle edition by. If you prefer you can use our jpeg version instead high resolution low resolution. Twelve steps of alcoholics anonymous hazelden betty ford. The following is a suggested format for a big book step study meeting with emphasis on the fourth step. It is a tremendous satisfaction to record that in the following years this changed. A cofounder of alcoholics anonymous tells how members recover and how the. Steps by the big book steps by the big book workbook for. We hope that this book truly represents the therapeutic value of one addict helping another. Formats in which the twelve steps and twelve traditions can be read.
God, as we understood him, praying only for knowledge of his will for us and the. The 12 principles of recovery are the keys to joining the steps with the traditions. Jun 01, 2015 playing semantics with the 12 steps short form here. In the big book, as the text alcoholics anonymous is known, we read the written words of the first 100. Step by step guide for sponsors a companion to aas big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions. Mar 03, 20 as the author of the little book writes. The twelve step program big book guide big book sponsorship. 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 8 12 persons. Twelve steps and twelve traditions x alcoholics anonymous. Our notes, commentary, and genderinclusive changes are. The little 12 n 12 dictionary and concordance for included words, first published in 2006, includes over 2,200 of the most difficult words, terms, and phrases found in the twelve steps and twelve traditions book of alcoholics anonymous. If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. This is where we begin to use all the experience of having worked the prior 9 steps, as a basis for daily living. All of these workbooks and workshops are available as free downloads in separate pdf files.
We were inspired by the meditation in recovery group at san francisco zen center, which in turn rests upon the awakening of countless beings going all the way back to the buddha. Printable 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous free pdf. By no means can his book be used to replace aas big book, the 12 and 12 or any other aspect of aa. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading twelve steps and twelve. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. Aas 12 steps, including powerful 4th step worksheets ima pastal.
Taken separately, these practices can bring much relief and benefi t. This book is a discussion of the twelve steps and traditions of na, meant to help you determine your own interpretation of the principles contained therein. The twelve steps illustrated tour steps 1 12, fun stepwork. This is the 7th print of the twelve steps and twelve traditions, this book deals with the. The 12 steps of aa alcoholics anonymous,translated spanish. For the aa founders and for those of us who practice all 12 steps today, we are sure god wants this for all people. Oct 26, 2019 12 step guide for alcoholics anonymous step by step explanation and understanding of the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous via sharing of an alcoholic. The following portion of chapter 5 of the big book, alcoholics anonymous is considered by many the masterpiece, the priceless ingredient of recovery including the twelve steps, that it surely is. Thirty meditations from scripture for each step in recovery. Aa the original way 12 step guide aa the original way group. Permission to reprint and adapt the twelve steps, twelve tradi. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. Twelve steps and twelve traditions alcoholics anonymous. 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.
For me, and for many other aa members who have used the. Gabes 12 steps this collection of alternative 12 steps was inspired by gabe s, who had assembled a similar collection, and so its only fitting that it begins with his version. The reasons our program works, the how and why of recovery, are found in the collective wisdom of our members, presented. Step one 23 holics anonymous, published when our membership was small, dealt with lowbottom cases only. Helping others newcomers is the foundation stone of your recovery. Quotations from alcoholics anonymous and the twelve steps and twelve traditions are with permission of a. Twelve steps and twelve traditions spanish book summary. Steps by the big book steps by the big book workbook. Our notes, commentary, and genderinclusive changes are formatted in italics. This guide has been prepared not as a replacement for or interference to our basic texts the big book and 12 and 12 but as a companion for the ideas and directions presented there.
The big book of alcoholics anonymous including twelve steps and twelve traditions kindle edition by alcoholics anonymous world service inc download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. For more help, dont miss our guides to the 12 steps. Page 3 gabes 12 steps this collection of alternative 12 steps was inspired by gabe s, who had assembled a similar collection, and so its only fitting that it begins with his version. Step 10 is, in my opinion, a lifelong step, as many of our steps are. More than 300,000 copies of the first edition are now in circulation. There is no obligation by any member of the original way group to use this guide. This site has been built and maintained to support anyone in recovery. Step four made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
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 anonymous aa as part of a friendly, focused group, and work them according to the big book. The aa 12 steps are a very popular program for alcoholics who want to stop drinking. Workbooks for working the 12 step program of recovery. Alcoholics anonymous learn about the 12 steps of aa.
As a result of the application of the twelve steps as contained precisely in the big book of alcoholics anonymous, he experienced a profound spiritual awakening in 1988. Aa is a program of recovery from alcoholismuse of the twelve steps in connection with programs and activities which are patterned after aa, but which address other problems, does not imply otherwise. The idea for this piece of literature came from the narcotics anonymous fellowship itself. There is a direct linkage among selfexamination, meditation, and prayer. The big book of alcoholics anonymous including twelve steps. Twelve steps and twelve traditions the world famous eye opener. Aa does not focus on the substance of alcohol as the problem. World services and its subsidiaries were not involved within the production of this.
This, the newcomer thinks, is just about the last straw. 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 anonymous aa as part of a friendly, focused group, and work them according to the big book, alcoholics anonymous. We wish to make the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous part of our lives by collaborating with a power greater than ourselves an inner knowing, our own best and highest nature. Defined 12 step information and history for 12 step programs. A guide to the study of the twelve steps of alcoholics. Downloadable group workbook companion to the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous aa, for adults who desire information on alcoholism and addiction recovery. Contents introduction guide for daily reading 1 serenity prayer 2 the lords prayer 3 prayer of saint francis of assisi 4 todays thought 5 sanskrit proverb 6 to be prayer. For them, we hope these pages will prove so convincing that no further authentication will be necessary. The 12 step prayer book a collection of 12 step prayers and inspirational readings second edition featuring 44 new prayers written and compiled by bill p. There is no step 9 worksheet, as this is a step that needs to be made to the persons we have harmed. Twelve step groups around the world rely on the twelve steps and twelve traditions, the basic text regarding the aa and na way of life and the traditions by which they maintains their unity. Where it all begins how a group functions how to get started pdf. Twelve step groups around the world rely on the twelve steps and twelve traditions, the basic text regarding the aa way of life and the traditions by which aa maintains its unity. 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.
Aa the original way group at calvary baptist church, 531 haywood rd, asheville, nc 28806. This twelve step workbook guide substitutes terms and phrases related to alcoholism to include. It is meant as a supplement to a rigorous program, to be used whenever and wherever it might be needed. Doc web audio home aa website skype contact web manager to participate. Pdf twelve steps and twelve traditions download read. 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 anonymous. Because this book has become the basic text for our society and has helped such large numbers of alcoholic men and women to recovery, there exists a sentiment. My hope is that these prayers will provide a framework for you to. The 12 step prayer book a collection of 12 step prayers. In the six years i have followed the 12 steps of aa, my level of happiness has increased beyond.