BETHLEHEM MEN'S 'BIG BOOK STEP' BACK TO BASICS MEETING
WEEKLY STEP ROTATION FORMAT
(Group Meets Every Tuesday 7:30pm, Thomaston Savings Bank, Bethlehem, Ct.)
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*INTRO WEEK......
"AN INTRODUCTION TO A NEW WAY OF LIFE"
CHAPTER 11: A VISION FOR YOU - Pg. 151-164
*STEP ONE WEEK 1......
"WE ADMITTED WE WERE POWERLESS OVER ALCOHOL-- ..."
FORWARD To 1st EDITION- pg. xiii-xiv And THE DOCTOR'S OPINION - pg. xxv-xxxii
STEP 1 WEEK 2: "WE ADMITTED WE WERE POWERLESS OVER ALCOHOL-- ..."
CHAPTER 1: BILL'S STORY - pg. 1-16
STEP 1 WEEK 3: "...THAT OUR LIVES HAD BECOME UNMANAGEABLE."
CHAPTER 2: THERE IS A SOLUTION - pg. 17-29
STEP 1 WEEK 4: "...THAT OUR LIVES HAD BECOME UNMANAGEABLE."
CHAPTER 3: MORE ABOUT ALCOHOLISM - pg. 30-43

*STEP TWO WEEK 5......
"CAME TO BELIEVE THAT A POWER GREATER THAN OURSELVES ... COULD RESTORE US TO SANITY."
CHAPTER 4: WE AGNOSTICS - pg. 44-57

*STEP THREE WEEK 6......
"MADE A DECISION TO TURN OUR WILL AND OUR LIVES OVER TO THE CARE OF GOD ... AS WE UNDERSTOOD HIM."
CHAPTER 5: HOW IT WORKS - pg. 58-64

*STEP FOUR WEEK 7......
"MADE A SEARCHING AND FEARLESS MORAL INVENTORY OF OURSELVES." (RESENTMENT'S)
CHAPTER 5: HOW IT WORKS - pg. 64-67

STEP FOUR WEEK 8: "MADE A SEARCHING AND FEARLESS MORAL INVENTORY OF OURSELVES." (FEAR'S)
CHAPTER 5: HOW IT WORKS - pg. 67-68
STEP FOUR WEEK 9: "MADE A SEARCHING AND FEARLESS MORAL INVENTORY OF OURSELVES." (SEX CONDUCT & HARM DONE TO OTHERS)
CHAPTER 5: HOW IT WORKS - pg. 68-71

*STEP FIVE WEEK 10......
"ADMITTED TO GOD, TO OURSELVES, AND TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING, THE EXACT NATURE OF OUR WRONGS."
CHAPTER 6: INTO ACTION - pg. 72-75

*STEP SIX WEEK 11......
"WERE ENTIRELY READY TO HAVE GOD REMOVE ALL THESE DEFECTS OF CHARACTER."
CHAPTER 6: INTO ACTION - pg. 76.
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*STEP SEVEN WEEK 11......
"HUMBLY ASKED HIM TO REMOVE OUR SHORTCOMINGS."
CHAPTER 6: INTO ACTION - pg. 76.

*STEP EIGHT WEEK 12......
"MADE A LIST OF ALL PERSONS WE HAD HARMED, AND BECAME WILLING TO MAKE AMENDS TO THEM ALL."
CHAPTER 6: INTO ACTION - pg. 76-84
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*STEP NINE WEEK 12......
"MADE DIRECT AMENDS TO SUCH PEOPLE WHEREVER POSSIBLE, EXCEPT WHEN TO DO SO, WOULD INJURE THEM OR OTHERS."
CHAPTER 6: INTO ACTION - pg. 76-84

*STEP TEN WEEK 13......
"CONTINUED TO TAKE PERSONAL INVENTORY AND WHEN WE WERE WRONG, PROMPTLY ADMITTED IT."
CHAPTER 6: INTO ACTION - pg. 84-85

*STEP ELEVEN WEEK 14......
"SOUGHT THROUGH PRAYER AND MEDITATION TO IMPROVE OUR CONSCIOUS CONTACT WITH GOD... AS WE UNDERSTAND HIM,... PRAYING ONLY FOR KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL FOR US, AND THE POWER TO CARRY THAT OUT."
CHAPTER 6: INTO ACTION - pg. 85-88

*STEP TWELVE WEEK 15......
"HAVING HAD A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING AS A RESULT OF THESE STEPS, WE TRIED TO CARRY THIS MESSAGE TO ALCOHOLICS..."
CHAPTER 7: WORKING WITH OTHERS - pg. 89-95

*STEP TWELVE WEEK 16......
"...AND TO PRACTICE THESE PRINCIPLES IN ALL OUR AFFAIRS."
CHAPTER 7: WORKING WITH OTHERS - pg. 96-103

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