This page is still “under constructions.” The links will enable you to download a MP3 of the meeting, but, there is no web access link for listening only.
The Back to Basics Workshops are also posted on the Back to Basics Playback Recording Tab. Blogging is a journey, not a destination.
1/5/2014 – 11# Step 3 & the serenity prayer
1/12/2014 – 12# Step 3 Tradition 3
1/19/2014 – 13# Step 3 Tradition 3
1/26-2014 – recordings for Step 4 will not be listed on the blog. Completed Step 3, and took the third step together. We read the ES&F Step 4 worksheet.
2/2/2014 – recordings for Step 4 will not be listed on the blog. We began Step 4. We shared our interpretation of the words of the step, the flow chart and the difference between Steps 4, 10 and 11.
The playback recordings for the Back to Basics are listed on the tab for the Back to Basics Playback Recordings.
The dates include:
2/9/2014 -16# Back to Basics We began the AA Back to Basics and completed Steps 1 and 2. Next week, we will do Step 3 and Steps 4 and 5. The homework is to read through the B2B hands outs.
2/16/2014 – 17# Back to Basics We continued the AA Back to Basics and completed Step 3 and began Step 4. The homework is write a list of your top resentments, fears and harms.
2-17-2014 – 18# Back to Basics Extra meeting to complete Steps 4 & 5 using this format.
2-23/2014 19# Back to Basics We continued the AA Back to Basics and completed Steps 6-10. We also introduced the practice of written meditation and quiet time. The homework is to read the handouts on HOW TO LISTEN TO GOD, How to Begin Practicing Quiet Time. Here are 2 other documents: How-God-speaks-to-us-in-prayer, A. A.’s Pioneer Program & the Practice of Quiet Time.
3/2/2014 link I believe that we completed the AA Back to Basics workshop.
3/9/2014: no meeting
3/10/2014: link We completed the first session of our 12 Step Back to Basics Workshop via the telephone.
3/16/2014: No meeting
3/17/2014: link
3/23/2014 link We completed Step 12 of the B2B. We read and shared on Step 4. We discussed the assets and liabilities formula as applied to a business inventory versus a moral inventory. We read and discussed the AA 12&12 and shared on selfishness and self-seeking as the root of our problems as opposed to misdirected instincts.
3/24/2014. For the AA Back to Basics we completed steps 6, 7, 8 and 9 and experienced 2 way prayer and sharing guidance.
3/30/2014 link Step 4 in the AA 12&12. We discussed and clarified the third column from the 4th step resentment inventory that we used in the BBA.
4/6/2014 link We read and shared on the handouts on steps 4 and 5 and discussed the merits of the 2 different step 4 inventory formats: the assets and liabilities and the 5 column inventory. The links are below. Here is the format that I have created that is also adaptable to both inventories.
4/27/2014 Lawrie C. Sponsorship & Conscious Contact. We read from Lawrie C.’s book on sponsorship and discussed how to have conscience contact with the God of our understanding.
5/4/2014 link We read from The Table Mate and The Little Red Book, 1946 original edition.
5/11/2014 We read and discussed on the character defects of resentment, dishonesty, criticism and self-pity from The Little Red Book, 1946 original edition.
5/18/2014 We read and discussed the character defects of jealousy, intolerance and fear from The Little Red Book, 1946 original edition.
5/25/2014 We read and discussed the character defects of fear and anger from The Little Red Book, 1946 original edition. We have now completed step 4!
6/1/2014 We read and discussed the handout on relapse from the Big Book Bunch.We read and discussed the differences between causes of relapse in the AA BB and what is frequently heard at meetings.
6/8/2014 Tradition 4 & Relapse
6/15/2014 We completed Tradition 4 and read the inventory and step guide for Step 5.
6/22/2014 We read and discussed the recent blog posts on Step 5, and completed Step 5 in both The Little Red Book and The Table Mate.
6/29/2014 We read and completed Step 5. We discussed the recent blog posts on Step 5, and read Step 5 in the AA Big Book.
7/6/2014 We read and completed Tradition 5. We also read and discussed steps 6 and 7 from the AA Big Book Workbook and The Little Red Book
7/13/2014 Steps 6 & 7. We read and continued our discussion on steps 6 and 7. We read from The Little Red Book and read and shared on the various postings on the blog.
July 21, 2014: No recording. The group read and shared on Step 6 from the AA 12 & 12.
7/27/2014 Steps 6 & 7. We read and shared on Step 6 from the AA 12 & 12 and from some of the blog postings on this step. We also began Step 7 and read the 12 Steps to Humility by Ramy Shapiro.
8/3/2014 Step 7. This week, the group read and shared on Step 7 from the AA 12 & 12 and from some of the blog postings and worksheets on this Step.
8/10/2014: No meeting
8/17/2014 Step 7. This week, the group read and shared on Step 7 from the AA 12 & 12 and we discussed: Should there be abstinence requirements to take someone through the steps? And some highlights from the book Living Sober.
8/24/2014 Step 7. This week, the group read and shared on Step 7. We shared on the Step 6 and 7 exercises that were posted on August 14, 2014. We discussed the differences and similarities between the Third and Seventh Step Prayers; getting rid of our character defects; our experiences this week when we were able to apply the principles of the program; and the hand out on Step 7 from Head to Heart.
8/31/2014 Tradition 6. This week, we completed Step 7 and Tradition 6. We read and shared on the handouts and summarized the end of Step 7 in the AA 12 & 12.
9/7/2014 FEEL & Tradition 7. This week, we read and shared on the blog posting F.E.E.L and read the Tradition 7 in the AA 12 & 12.
9/14/2014 Tradition 7. This week, we completed Tradition 7. We discussed the spirituality of money and how it connects to recovery and the 7th Step.
We began Steps 8 and 9 and read The Table Mate and began reading The Little Red Book.
9/21/2014: No recording available. This week, we read and discussed the blog postings on Step 8 and 9. We are up to page 77 in the Little Red Book and page 142/76-77 in The Big workbook/AA Big Book.
9/28/2014 Steps 8 & 9. This week, we continued reading and sharing on Step 8 and 9. We read through the Step 8 and Step 9 worksheets for Emotional Sobriety and Food and discussed forgiveness, making amends and acceptance.
10/5/2014 Step 8 & 9. We read through the worksheet and read and shared on the Little Red Book 80:1. We are continuing our discussion on forgiveness, making amends and acceptance.
10/12/2014 & 10/19/2014: meeting cancelled.
10/26/2014 Steps 8 & 9. This week, we continued reading and sharing on Step 8 and 9.
We read through “Five Characteristics of Successful Amends,” and “how to prepare amends.”
Here are the documents that we used for Step 8:
11/2/2014 Steps 8 & 9 completed.
11/9/2014 Tradition 8 & 9 completed.
11/19/2014 Step 10
11/30/2014 Step 10. This week we read the handout on Step 10 by Joe and Charlie. We discussed the differences between growth and maintenance.
12/7/2014 Step 10
12/14/2014 Step 10 On Speech
12/28/2014 Step 10 and “watching” from The Unpopular Guide to Step 10.
Emotional Sobriety And Food 