Summary: Big Book Step Study Soul Work; Thursday November 29, 2012 Page 32 Beginning of paragraph 1 – Page 33 end of paragraph 1 Words Lurking Notion Immune, Grace Questions 1) ‘Keep your eyes on your own recovery’. Write about what that means given what Stephanie explained about moderate, problem and real alcoholics. 2) “We have heard of a few instances where people, who showed definite signs of alcoholism, were able to stop for long periods of time because of an overpowering desire to do so”. Put your story into this. Have you put something down and resolved to not do it again? 3) When you have an overpowering urge to do something, what is your plan of action going to be? 4) Take the story on page 32, paragraph 2: · Do you find areas in your life the story parallels? · Points of differences? · Awareness’s you’re getting from the story? · How you’re going to implement? … Ask God to help you take action. 5) Have you experienced grace? Write about your experiences with grace? 6) Do you see the parallel nature of grace and psychic change? 7) Do you believe that will power can be used for recovery? 8) How do you use your will power? Do you use your will power? 9) Where are you today? Explore the question of will power in order to explain to your sponsees. 10) What does it mean to have a particular mental twist already acquired? (Middle pp 33:2) 11) How are you doing on your Quiet Time?
