Summary: Big Book Step Study Soul Work; Thursday January 3, 2013 Page 39 begin first paragraph (39:1) – Page 40 end of paragraph 2 (40:2) Words: Bitter Questions: 1) What does it mean to you to be absolutely unable to stop your addiction on the bases of self-knowledge alone. 2) Read Chapter 11 - A Vision for You, in the Big Book 3) Have you broken through that deep down denial that self-knowledge ( ex. “you can beat this addiction”) within your 12 Step Fellowship will be the answer? 4) Write about how today you appreciate the Big Book ideas about the “subtle insanity that precedes the first drink, but I was confident it could not happen to me after what I learned”, but how learning wasn’t enough? (40:2) 5) Where are you in all this? Are you willing to surrender that you need God not just in addiction, but in all thoughts and actions, so you do not live in a state of selfishness and self-centeredness.
