Skip to main content

First 164

How I used the 'Big Book' to recover: some personal experiences and views of one individual. This is not an official twelve-step fellowship website. I do not speak for any twelve-step fellowship. The material is shared for fun and for free. If it helps, great! If it doesn't, don't worry about it! My programme is a perpetual beta, so it changes with my experience. If you're on the mobile app, click the hamburger (≡) in the top right for pages and links.

Search This Blog

Keep On Tookin'!
Podcasts
Step PDFs
All materials
Tapes
Speaking / attendance pipeline
Slow Learners

Keep On Tookin'!
Podcasts
Step PDFs
All materials
Tapes
Speaking / attendance pipeline
Slow Learners

Keep On Tookin'!
Podcasts
Step PDFs
All materials
Tapes
Speaking / attendance pipeline
Slow Learners

Posts

Featured post

Keep On Tookin'! Oklahoma

on March 08, 2025

Registration is now open for Keep On Tookin'! Oklahoma! Details of the event and the registration link can be found here .

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Baffled

on May 09, 2025

Alcoholism +0 Step One (insanity)

Alcoholism Step One (insanity)

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

A talk on total reliance on God ...

on May 09, 2025

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Inflicted by the self on the self

on May 09, 2025

Self (ego) +0 Suffering

Self (ego) Suffering

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Agitated or doubtful

on May 09, 2025

Agitated Doubtful God-reliance Peace + Prayer

Agitated Doubtful God-reliance Peace Prayer

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Paying the price

on May 08, 2025

Acceptance Al-Anon +0 ODAT

Acceptance Al-Anon ODAT

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

God’s voice

on May 08, 2025

Listening Prayer +0 Step Eleven

Listening Prayer Step Eleven

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Simplicity

on May 07, 2025

Simplicity +0 Sponsorship

Simplicity Sponsorship

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Scrambled

on May 07, 2025

Al-Anon Helping ODAT Sponsorship + Step Twelve

Al-Anon Helping ODAT Sponsorship Step Twelve

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Command and Control

on May 07, 2025

+0 God-reliance

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

The recordings from the 2025 London AA Convention ...

on May 06, 2025

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Misbehaviour and nil by mouth

on May 06, 2025

Al-Anon ODAT +0 Talking

Al-Anon ODAT Talking

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Having power: that was our dilemma

on May 06, 2025

Power +0 Responsibility

Power Responsibility

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Rewording

on May 05, 2025

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Q&A: How do I become strong enough to stop this train wreck?

on May 05, 2025

Al-Anon Detachment +0 Twelve Steps

Al-Anon Detachment Twelve Steps

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Q&A: How do you repair things when the trust has gone?

on May 05, 2025

Al-Anon +0 Trust

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Upset and pleasing people

on May 05, 2025

Detachment Guilt +0 People-pleasing

Detachment Guilt People-pleasing

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Moaning and groaning

on May 05, 2025

Complaining +0 Gratitude

Complaining Gratitude

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Control

on May 05, 2025

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Blessing

on May 04, 2025

Blessings Lessons +0 Responsibility

Blessings Lessons Responsibility

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Avocation

on May 04, 2025

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Plain Language Big Book: a brief analysis

on May 04, 2025

Get link
Facebook
X
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Subscriptions

This blog no longer offers automated email subscriptions. However, rss providers (feedly, feeder, blogtrottr) can produce browser-, app-, or email-based feeds from this blog.

Internal links

Home
Traditions + Concepts
Meeting formats
Public Information materials
How I recovered + how to proceed
Translations
How to get out of hell
Resentment buster
Fear buster
Guilt buster
Step One and Beyond Daily Topics

External links

first164 meeting
Big Book Anon Workshop
Forgiveness
God or Self
Realm of the Spirit
Spiritual Quotations
Sponsorship
Tim M speaker tapes

Archive

2010 59
- January 5
- February 3
- March 3
- April 8
- May 6
- June 7
- July 4
- August 3
- September 1
- October 4
- November 4
- December 11

2011 69
- January 12
- February 4
- March 3
- April 7
- May 4
- June 14
- July 3
- August 6
- September 4
- October 4
- November 2
- December 6
2012 53
- January 1
- February 3
- April 7
- May 2
- June 3
- July 4
- August 4
- September 2
- October 4
- November 12
- December 11
2013 65
- January 4
- February 9
- March 10
- April 6
- May 9
- June 13
- July 3
- August 2
- September 4
- November 3
- December 2
2014 79
- January 4
- February 1
- March 5
- May 9
- June 6
- July 10
- August 14
- September 4
- October 7
- November 11
- December 8
2015 98
- January 14
- February 6
- March 1
- April 14
- May 6
- June 7
- July 14
- August 16
- September 9
- October 4
- November 4
- December 3
2016 102
- January 8
- February 6
- March 3
- May 10
- June 1
- July 13
- August 18
- September 10
- October 15
- November 8
- December 10
2017 127
- January 4
- February 6
- March 18
- April 17
- May 4
- June 5
- July 7
- August 15
- September 6
- October 5
- November 14
- December 26
2018 152
- January 21
- February 15
- March 16
- April 6
- May 2
- June 18
- July 28
- August 8
- September 6
- October 12
- November 17
- December 3
2019 97
- January 1
- February 9
- March 3
- April 5
- May 7
- June 17
- July 7
- August 8
- September 8
- October 9
- November 9
- December 14
2020 126
- January 5
- February 7
- March 5
- April 8
- May 12
- June 19
- July 7
- August 2
- September 13
- October 7
- November 30
- December 11
2021 355
- January 8
- February 18
- March 32
- April 27
- May 38
- June 35
- July 28
- August 38
- September 25
- October 40
- November 43
- December 23
2022 590
- January 19
- February 44
- March 72
- April 69
- May 65
- June 62
- July 59
- August 39
- September 74
- October 43
- November 9
- December 35
2023 396
- January 28
- February 29
- March 25
- April 32
- May 38
- June 57
- July 29
- August 21
- September 20
- October 41
- November 33
- December 43
2024 446
- January 33
- February 45
- March 26
- April 31
- May 45
- June 18
- July 36
- August 31
- September 33
- October 36
- November 47
- December 65
2025 267

Show more Show less

Labels

AA history2 Abandonment1 Abstinence4 Acceptance33 Acting out10 Action56 Addiction8 Adversity1 Advice6 Agitated1

Agnosticism6 Agreement2 Al-Anon246 Alcohol2 Alcoholism17 Altruism1 Ambition7 Amends12 Anger24 Anniversaries2 Anonymity9 Anxiety13 Any lengths3 Apologies2 Apology3 Area / District / Region3 Armed services liaison1 Arrogance7 Atheism9 Attack3 Attention-seeking2 Attitude2 Attitudes1 Authenticity3 Authority1 Avocation1 Balance2 Ballots1 Basic suggestions4 Bedevilments3 Behaviour6 Being wrong4 Belief3 Beliefs5 Big Book28 Bill Wilson2 Bill's Story1 Bitterness1 Blackouts1 Blame16 Blessings1 Boredom1 Boundaries44 Brainstorm2 BS-busting3 Business meetings15 Cabbages1 Candour2 Caretaking1 Causes and Conditions2 Certain Type of Hard Drinker3 Certainty1 Chairing7 Change43 Character1 Character defects29 Charity1 Chemistry1 Childhood1 Childishness1 Children1 Choice7 Codependency8 Cognitive biases1 Cognitive distortions5 Comfort1 Commitment9 Committees1 Common sense1 Communication6 Community2 Comparison1 Compassion2 Complacency1 Complaining6 Completion2 Compliance6 Compulsion2 Concept I12 Concept II10 Concept III19 Concept IV9 Concept IX11 Concept V14 Concept VI11 Concept VII7 Concept VIII6 Concept X13 Concept XI12 Concept XII23 Condemnation2 Conference4 Conference Charter1 Conference Delegates1 Conference-Approved Literature1 Confession3 Conflict10 Confusion2 Connection4 Consciousness3 Consequences2 Consideration1 Consultation4 Control21 Controversy1 Conventions and conferences3 Cooperation1 Corrective measures22 Courage4 Craziness2 Credit1 Creditors1 Crises8 Criticism9 Current affairs1 Current Agnosticism1 Daily plan4 Daily programme21 Darkness3 Death Threats9 Debate3 Decisions35 Defence2 Delusion20 Demands43 Denial2 Depression14 Design for living1 Despair10 Detachment39 Detox2 Difficulties3 Diligence2 Directions5 Disagreement1 Discipline3 Discontent2 Discretion1 Discussion4 Disease3 Dishonesty2 Disruption1 Disturbance5 Doctor's Opinion2 Doubtful1 Dr Bob1 Dr Bob and the Good Oldtimers1 Drama8 Dreams1 Drinking6 Drugs2 Early AA1 Early days2 Efficiency1 Effort5 Ego2 Electronic media2 Emergency measures9 Emmet Fox3 Emotional sobriety5 Emotions87 Empathy1 Empowerment1 Enabling1 Encouragement1 Enjoyment1 Enthusiasm4 Error3 Etiquette1 Evening review3 Events2 Evil2 Excitement1 Expectations5 Experience3 Explanation1 Extrapolation1 Extremism1 Faith14 False idols7 Family2 Family Afterward6 Fear74 Fear inventory3 Fellowship18 First Things First8 Fit Spiritual Condition4 Flattery1 Flyers3 Food Addiction8 Foolishness1 Forewords8 Forgiveness34 Four Ms1 Fourth dimension3 Freedom8 Full measures1 Fun3 Fundamentalism2 Futility3 Future7 GA1 Gambling Addiction5 Games1 Gaslighting2 Generalisation3 Ghosting1 Giving4 God120 God-consciousness2 God-reliance173 God's business11 God's will53 Gossip2 Grace8 Gratitude13 Grief4 Grievance6 Grouch1 Group conscience22 Group inventory1 Groups19 Growth3 GSR5 Guilt26 Half measures2 Hammer Man1 Happiness20 Harassment3 Hard times3 Harm5 Harry M. Tiebout1 Hatred1 Hebrew6 Hedonism1 Hell1 Helping10 Higher Power28 Hobbies1 Home group20 Honesty24 Hope8 Humility39 Hurt4 Ideals5 Identification4 Identity18 Illusions2 Immaturity2 Immorality3 Imperfection2 Impulse2 Inaction1 Inadequacy1 Individualism1 Individuality1 Indwelling God1 Informal fallacies1 Ingratiation1 Innocence1 Insanity5 Insecurity4 Inspiration5 Instructions3 Intelligence6 Intelligent agent3 Intentions1 Interference3 Intergroup7 Interpretation2 Intimacy10 Intuition4 Inventory7 Irony1 Irritable2 Isolation1 JA1 Jaywalker1 Jealousy2 Jim's Story1 Joy8 Judgement16 Keep It Simple13 Kindness4 Knowledge2 Language12 Language of the Big Book6 Last word1 Laurels1 Leadership3 Leaving recovery1 Lessons1 Let It Begin With Me7 Letting go16 Letting go of old ideas18 Lifelong conceptions1 Light4 Listening3 Live And Let Live1 Living in the triangle1 Logic3 Logical fallacies1 London1 Loneliness2 Long-term sobriety8 Loss2 Love28 Love Addiction8 Management3 Manipulation13 Materialism22 Maximum service10 Meaning1 Medical problems1 Meditation33 Meeting formats2 Meetings60 Mental Obsession38 Metaphysics1 Method3 Miracles2 Misery4 Mistakes1 Moderate drinkers1 Modesty1 Money3 Mood1 Moral aspect4 Moralism1 Morality10 More About Alcoholism2 Mortality2 Mothering1 Motivation / motives7 Multiple fellowships6 Musts1 My business1 Myths1 Narcissism1 Narratives2 Needs1 Negativity13 Neutrality2 Newcomers15 News1 Nicotine1 Nihilism1 Now7 OA1 Obsession2 ODAT6 Offence6 One Day At A Time5 Online forums1 Open-mindedness6 Openness1 Opinions2 Outlining1 Pain23 Paranoia3 Past13 Patience8 Pausing4 Peace19 People-pleasing14 Perception10 Perfection3 Perfectionism4 Persistence1 Personalisation1 Perspective8 Pharisees1 Physical Craving22 Physical health2 Pills1 Pity3 Planning11 Playing God6 Politics1 Positivity4 Power14 Powerlessness46 Prayer48 Preamble1 Preface4 Preferences2 Prejudice1 Preparedness1 Present5 Pride16 Primary Purpose6 Priorities4 Problem-Solving14 Problems63 Problems Other Than Alcohol6 Progress6 Progression1 Projection6 Promises5 Psychic change2 Psychological aspect2 Public information6 Purpose14 Quarantining3 Questions5 Quotations1 Rationalisation1 Rationality2 Reactivity7 Reading3 Real Alcoholic2 Reality29 Realm of the spirit3 Reason12 Receiving1 Recordings1 Recovered vs recovering1 Recovery18 Redemption1 Relapse62 Relationships64 Relief4 Religion8 Remorse2 Requests2 Resentment84 Reservations1 Resistance25 Resolutions4 Respect1 Responsibility58 Restless2 Restraint1 Results2 Reworking the Twelve Steps19 Right of Appeal1 Right of Decision1 Right of Petition1 Rigour1 Rising above the problem3 Risk1 Rock-bottom8 Romance1 Romance Addiction16 Rudeness1 Rule 621 Rules3 S-Anon4 SA5 Sabotage3 Sacred cows1 Safeguarding2 Safety2 Salvation2 Sane and Sound Ideal2 Sanity8 Sarcasm1 Satire1 Satisfaction1 Scepticism1 Second surrender18 Secrets2 Self (ego)118 Self-abandonment36 Self-absorption7 Self-care3 Self-centredness7 Self-confidence2 Self-deception1 Self-esteem25 Self-forgetting10 Self-imposed crisis1 Self-justification5 Self-obsession13 Self-pity6 Self-reliance32 Self-righteousness4 Self-sacrifice4 Self-sufficiency1 Self-will28 Selfish programme2 Selfishness20 Sensitivity2 Separation from God5 Serenity1 Serenity Prayer7 Service63 Service meetings2 SETA 2024 Traditions in Relationships Q&A12 Setting aside1 Sex8 Sex Addiction20 Shame11 Sharing62 Shortcuts1 Silence2 Simplicity17 Sincerity1 Singleness of purpose1 Slavery1 Sleep1 Slogans7 Slovak1 Sobering up2 Sobriety16 Society2 Solutions70 Sordid places1 Speakers1 Speaking4 Special interest groups2 Speculation2 Speed2 Spiritual awakening35 Spiritual basis5 Spiritual bypass5 Spiritual malady14 Spiritual pride3 Spiritual principles15 Spiritual solution11 Spirituality27 Sponsorship150 Staying close to God6 Staying sober2 Step buddies1 Step Eight25 Step Eleven75 Step Eleven Review22 Step Five14 Step Four41 Step Four: Page 67 questions7 Step Four: Resentment Inventory16 Step Four: Resentment Inventory: Bridge Passage7 Step Four: Resentment Inventory: First Column4 Step Four: Resentment Inventory: Second Column7 Step Four: Resentment Inventory: Third Column15 Step Nine31 Step One117 Step One (Al-Anon)13 Step One (insanity)26 Step Seven47 Step Six42 Step Ten44 Step Three62 Step Three Idea13 Step Three Requirement14 Step Twelve9 Step Twelve (all our affairs)41 Step Twelve (carrying the message)72 Step Twelve (service)4 Step Two44 Step Two Proposition3 Step XII1 Step Zero5 Stopping drinking4 Stories2 Stress2 Structure of the fellowship1 Study1 Sub-committee3 Success10 Suffering16 Suggestions9 Suicide1 Surrender109 Sympathy1 Tact1 Take It Easy2 Talking5 Teamaking1 Therapy2 There Is A Solution5 Thinking112 Thirteenth Step1 Thoroughly2 Three Legacies1 Three-fold1 Time2 Tips4 To Wives3 Tolerance17 Toxicity1 Tradition I25 Tradition II23 Tradition III10 Tradition IV21 Tradition IX18 Tradition V21 Tradition VI12 Tradition VII13 Tradition VIII6 Tradition X19 Tradition XI14 Tradition XII16 Treasury1 Triggers3 Troubles9 True from the false (cannot differentiate)1 Trust27 Truth17 Trying1 Turning over8 Twelve Concepts13 Twelve Step Fellowships4 Twelve Steps34 Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions6 Twelve Traditions12 Two-fold2 Two-Stepping1 Uncommon sense1 Unhappiness35 Unity7 Unmanageability32 Untreated alcoholism1 Upset28 Urgency1 Usefulness7 Validation2 Values10 Victimhood46 Voting1 Vulnerability1 Wanting7 Wanting to stop2 Warranty IV3 Warranty V1 Warranty VI1 We Agnostics6 Willingness51 Willpower1 Withdrawal3 Work11 Workaholism2 Working the Steps14 Workshop packs4 World (the)6 Worry15 Worship1 Young people and AA1 עברית7 ענווה1

Show more Show less

First 164

Powered by Blogger

Theme images by merrymoonmary