An open step meeting and a step study group offer very different experiences. How it works book by hamilton b passing it on is a key concept in the twelve step community and many of the traditions and knowledge of the twelve step recovery program have been passed down by. Download here passing it on is a key concept in the twelve step community and many of. This page was developed as a repository for the sponsorship and oa 12 step study resources that were mentioned in the how to sponsor series of workshops that ran for 12 weeks beginning in january, 2011. Frequent contact with newcomers and with each other is the bright. This format may include study of the twelve steps, twelve traditions, and the twelve concepts. Our basic text tells us that the heart of na beats when two addicts share their recovery, and sponsorship is simply one addict helping another.
The twelve steps of codependents anonymous with a sponsor, a cosponsor, or a step study group keep coming back. How it works came out of those early sponsorship experiences and out of the fear and earnestness i saw in my own sponsees when they were asked to sponsor somebody for the first time. Take all 12 steps in just 4 hours download this aa big. Love 2nd spiritual gift one of the most common human needs is love. So, especially for such newcomers, groups are recognizing the need to provide some form of sponsorship help. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps this spiritual awakening, this gift, is the first of our three primary goals of this workbook. Also available as an ebook available to purchase from your. Twelve step sponsorship is the first truly comprehensive look at sponsorship, a role recovering people benefit from both as sponsees and ultimately as sponsors. There are many books that examine the exact nature of these steps. Outcome research on 12step and other selfhelp programs. Step twelve 123 having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs. Twelvestep selfhelp groups shgs, often called mutual help or support groups, are an important component ofthe system of. It asserts that a lifetime of recovery can only be achieved by making the decision to turn over your will to a higher being.
Written by the author of getting started in aa, a widely acclaimed guide for the newcomer to the program of aa, twelve step sponsorship is the first truly comprehensive look at sponsorship, a role. Twelve step sponsorship consists of informative sections that cope with. Working these steps and traditions means develop ing an understanding of how these steps apply to us in our daily lives. Al kohallek is learning how to communicate using the twelve traditions from the twelve steps and twelve traditions alcoholics anonymous world services, inc. In coda, there are many suggested ways to find a sponsor and work the twelve steps. Typically, an aca group will begin with step one and read a portion of the step at each meeting. There is no step 9 worksheet, as this is a step that needs to be made to the persons we have harmed. Fellowship demand propelled this project up the na world service conference literature committees priority. Step five is difficult but necessary to sobriety and peace of mind. By this method, the steps are read and studied during many weeks. A sponsors primary responsibility is to help a sponsee work the twelve steps and to. Sponsorship is a rich and enduring part of tradition of alcoholics anonymous.
In the aa big book, read the doctors opinion on pages xxv xxxii. Sponsorship literature discussion for a literature discussion meeting, parts of the basic text or other conference or fellowshipapproved literature are read and discussed. Sponsorship is a basic part of the aa approach to recovery and its also integral to other 12step fellowships for other types of addiction. The results of that survey found that existing sponsorship literature was not sufficient and.
Written by the author of getting started in aa,a widely acclaimed guide for the newcomer to the program of aa, twelve step sponsorship is the first truly comprehensive look at sponsorship, a role recovering people benefit. In many successful groups, sponsorship is one of the most important planned activities of the members. Step five is difficult but neces sary to sobriety and peace of mind. Twelve step sponsorship by hamilton b, 9781568381220, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. The twelve step program big book guide big book sponsorship. I show them how i did it in my aa big book and how i abbreviate as in do i believe it is dib. 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. Many of us choose to participate in both at the same time. The assets and liabilities and the 3 column inventory. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. They had many questions, but aas only publication on this topic was a thirtypage pamphlet called questions and answers on. Of the twelve steps, step three can be best referred to as the process of surrender. This document will focus primarily on the 12 steps and 12 traditions workbook, which these small, committed groups most often use. Chapter seven or the workbook can be read and discussed in aca meetings.
A sponsor will work with you oneonone as you begin to establish your recovery by following a 12step program, moving from one step to the next. In working overeaters anonymous twelvestep program of recovery from compulsive overeating, we have found that a number of tools are available to assist us. In addition to the resources listed, we hope to have recordings of each session available in the near. 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. Working the steps as a group codependents anonymous. Take all 12 steps in just 4 hours download this aa big book step guide and work book it takes only 4 hours to learn the 12 steps and a lifetime to practice them. The twoway street of sponsorship is a loving, spiritual, and compassionate relationship that helps both the sponsor and sponsee. However, little is known about how sponsorship improves outcomes.
Aa the original way 12 step guide aa the original way group. Twelve step sponsorship hamilton b download free ebook. A twelvestep program is a set of guiding principles outlining a course of action for recovery from addiction, compulsion, or other behavioral problems. Through our own experience of working with others, many hopeless, suffering addicts lack the necessary power and time to keep coming back to meetings and somehow get sober or. The twelve steps, twelve traditions, the problem and solution the twelve steps and twelve traditions are the rich heritage of our twelvestep program. Twelve step sponsorship is the first truly comprehensive look at sponsorship, a role recovering people benefit from both as sponsees and ultimately as sponsors sponsorship is a rich and enduring part of tradition of alcoholics anonymous. Twelve step sponsorship delivers both the theory and practicehow to do it and whyin a clear, stepbystep presentation. You can buy the guide at recovery book shops such as choices, 220 east 78th street, new york, ny 10021 2127943858. This, the newcomer thinks, is just about the last straw. The new sponsorship guide is your syllabus throughout your 12step course that goes in conjunction with the current 123 questionnaire. The story of how more than one hundred men have recovered from. 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 step sponsorship presents a welcome reinforcement to the custom of passing it on from one era of sponsors to the subsequent.
We use these tools on a regular basis, to help us achieve and maintain abstinence and recover from our disease. Big book sponsorship guide 3 you are going to become a sponsor. Additionally, aca offers a twelve step workbook, which further details how to work the twelve steps. Do social networks explain 12step sponsorship effects. Deciding to get help and go to treatment is a huge step, but another important aspect of recovery begins when you leave treatment and get back to your daytoday life. Step five 55 admitted to god, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. Do not answer the questions in the rest of the book. The above 12 step guide includes an assets and liabilities list. Step three is defined as to make a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of god as we understood him. Written by the author of getting started in aa,a widely acclaimed guide for the newcomer to the program of aa, twelve step sponsorship is the first truly comprehensive look at sponsorship, a. New 123 sponsorship guide for the 123 questionnaire. Sponsorship responsibility is unwritten and informal, but it is a basic part of the a. Alcoholics anonymous first published twelve steps and twelve traditions in 1953. This twelve step workbook guide substitutes terms and.
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