The process of taking someone through the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous

People will approach you to take the through the big book and when they do approach you ask them:

1 do you want what I have?

2 what are you willing to do to get it?

3. Have the person read the first 164 pages of the big book and after for them to call you

Read it, just read it

Don’t bug them, do not ask them where they are in there reading.

Humbling him or her is the key

What is working for them is not working for them anymore or they would not be coming to see you…

Let them come to you… very important…

When they call you… you set up the date, time and place that is convenient for you

He says he can not do it on Tuesday

-what did you lie to me…

-you told me that you are willing to go to any length

-you do not want to make it inconvenant for him… you do not want him to loose his job

-Is he willing to do anything…?

*your convenience, always*

-You do this one on one – face to face

He must understand that your and his most valued asset is your or his time…

-have him come to you; you do not come to him…

Try your best to be alone…

Let us get started

Bring out the big book of alcoholics annonomous

that the program of alcoholic anonymous is outlined in the first 164 pages of the big book

Have the person you are working with agree to it… this is very important

have a dictionary

text book

alcoholic

alcoholism

alcohol

drug

sponsor

Point out that drugs are not the same as alcohol

9 A little AA history

There are two types of AA’s

1 bill w New York AA – fear in fellowship.

2 dr. bob Ackron Ohio as – fait and trust

Clarence snider had the first aa meeting in Cleveland Ohio

Go right to the title page and have them read aloud

Look up recovered and ask them the meaning

To restore to a normal state

* The older the dictionary the better

We talking keep your conversation in the past the first 9 steps

you are only dealing with the time he first came into AA back

Look up the word precisely and any other word you think should be looking up

Unmanageability and powerlessness in regard to there drinking point this out over and over as we read

*** MUST BLOW ALL THE THEY Says out of the water

***after there is one thing I will want you to do, for you to care to another recovering alcoholic in the same way/ process that I showed you…

When talking share your experience and how you are staying and living sober

Our way is not the only way but it is the way that worked



The title page

The story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism

Preface

Read it and refer back to your definition of the word basic text

Because this book has become the basic text of our Society and has helped suck large numbers of alcoholic men and women to recover, there exists a sentiment against any radical changes being made in it. There ore, the first portion of this volume, describing the A.A.recovery program, has been left untouched in the course of remissions made for both the second and the third editions. The section called the doctor’s opinion has been kept intact, just as it was originally written 1939 by the late Dr. William d. silk worth, our society’s great medical benefactor.

Forward to the first edition

Look precisely and point out the word recovered

We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body. To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book.

And besides, we are sure that our way of living has its advantages for all.

Foreword to second edition page xv

Point out the word recovered

In that brief space, Alcoholics Anonymous has mushroomed into 6,000 groups whose membership is far above 150,000 recovered Alcoholics.

Forward page xvii

Look up the word permanent

It also indicates that strenuous work, one alcoholic with another, was vital to permanent recovery.

Forward page xxi

Upon therapy for the alcoholic himself we surely have no monopoly. Yet it is our great hope that all those who have as yet found no answer may begin to find one in the pages of this book and will presently join us on the high road to a new freedom.

This is the way that the program of alcoholic anonymous was given to me. –not the only way but the way that was given to me.

We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, know thousands of men and women who were once just as hopeless as Bill. Nearly all have recovered. They have solved the drink problem.

The feeling of having shared in a common peril is one element in the powerful cement which binds us. But that in itself would never have held us together as we are now joined.

The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution. We have a way out on which we can absolutely agree, and upon which we can join in brotherly and harmonious action. This is the great news this book carries to those who suffer from alcoholism.

What is the common solution? The 12 steps

This book was written for the still suffering alcoholic

But the ex-problem drinker who has found this solution, who is properly armed with the facts about himself, can generally win the entire confidence of another alcoholic in a few hours. Until such an understanding is reached, little or nothing can be accomplished.

That the man who is making the approach has had the same difficulty, that he obviously knows what he is talking about, that his whole deportment shouts at the new prospect that he is a man with a real answer, that he has no attitude of holier than thou, nothing whatever except the sincere desire to be helpful; that there are no fees to pay, no axes to grind, no people to please, no lecture to be endured-these are the conditions we have found most effective.

Do you they feel that same way about you…

Page 19

We feel that elimination of our drinking is but a beginning.

Many could recover if they had the opportunity we have enjoyed. How then shall we present that which has been so freely given us?

We have concluded to publish an anonymous volume setting forth the problem as we see it. We shall bring to the task our combined experience and knowledge. This should suggest a useful program for anyone concerned with a drinking problem.

AA linage Dr Bob to Clarence Schnider to Willis Kilgore to jack Bowen to Joe Gauvin to Bruce Ciungan

The first three had direct hand in the writing of the big book, this is the 46 men and one woman who wrote the big book.

Page 20

You may already have asked yourself why it is that all of us became so very ill from drinking. Doubtless you are curious to discover how and why, in the face of expert opinion to the contrary, we have recovered from a hopeless condition of mind and body. If you are an alcoholic who wants to get over it, you may already be asking – WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO?

It is the purpose of this book to answer such questions specifically. We shall tell you what we have done.

Page 21

He is often perfectly sensible and well balanced concerning everything except liquor, but in that respect he is incredibly dishonest and selfish. He often possesses special abilities, skills, and aptitudes, and has a promising career ahead of him.

Point out the examples… The insanity and total powerlessness over booze

Page 22

As matters grow worse, he begins to use a combination of high-powered sedatives and liquor to quiet his nerves so he can go to work.