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    The Little Red Book Study Guide
    The Little Red Book Study Guide
    The Little Red Book Study Guide
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    The Little Red Book Study Guide

    By Bill P.

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    This study guide for The Little Red Book gives newcomers to AA the structure needed to live tthe Twelve Steps.

    Designed as an aid for the study of the Big Book, The Little Red Book contains many helpful topics for discussion meetings. Drawing from the practical experience of alcoholics who found peace of mind and contented sobriety by following a way of spiritual life set forth in Alcoholics Anonymous, The Little Red Book can help members quickly develop an acceptable 24-hour schedule of AA living.

    Based on the many past study guide formats and beginner classes for The Little Red Book and modeled after Twelve Step instruction programs offered at AA meetings, this new study guide provides a solid and comprehensive study structure for men and women in AA Twelve Step groups and for individuals studying The Little Red Book on their own. While The Little Red Book interprets the Twelve Steps, the Guide gives newcomers to AA the structure needed to live them.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHazelden Publishing
    Release dateFeb 14, 2011
    ISBN9781616491222
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      The Little Red Book Study Guide - Bill P.

      INTRODUCTION

      HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

      The following guide is to be used with the 1986 revised hardcover edition or the paperback edition of The Little Red Book, both of which are available from Hazelden. (This study guide does not correspond to the page numbers in the 50th Anniversary edition of The Little Red Book.) When paragraph numbers are shown in this guide, count down from the first full paragraph on the page indicated in The Little Red Book.

      This guide lists key ideas from The Little Red Book. Most study groups and individuals highlight or underline the key ideas in their Little Red Book and write the corresponding key idea numbers in the margin. This method helps as a chairperson may refer to a certain key idea during discussion periods.

      Groups and individuals can set up various formats for using this study guide. One popular method is to use the study guide during twenty-four weekly meetings. Chairpersons may easily adapt this study guide to any length for group study, and individuals may choose their pace.

      Most groups using the guide sit in a circle so everyone can see each other. The chairperson opens the meeting and conducts whatever preliminaries are chosen by the group: having a moment of silence, reciting the Serenity Prayer, doing roll call, or collecting donations. Most groups read a chapter from The Little Red Book, taking turns with each paragraph or page. After a key idea is read, the chairperson stops and begins the group discussion. At the end of the week’s study, the chairperson assigns homework for the next meeting and asks for a renewed commitment from each member to finish the selected sessions from the study guide.

      Whether you are a newcomer or have been in the program for many years, a study of the Twelve Steps in sequence is a time-honored tradition that can only be helpful.

      LESSON ONE

      THE PROGRAM OF ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS

      KEY IDEA 1

      We too often fail to realize the extent to which we are physically, mentally, and spiritually ill.

      SUGGESTION FOR SELF-STUDY OR GROUP DISCUSSION

      Give personal examples of how the disease demonstrated itself in our lives in this threefold manner. Although we have come to the Alcoholics Anonymous program to stop our addiction, what we will find is a way to start living.

      KEY IDEA 2

      Recovery through the AA program is simple.

      SUGGESTION FOR SELF-STUDY OR GROUP DISCUSSION

      Recovery is a way of life, not a course of study—otherwise all we would have to do is learn the Big Book and we would be cured. We are often reminded to remember the slogan, Keep It Simple Stupid, or KISS. As we are what we think, all that we are comes from our thoughts and with our thoughts we make the world.

      KEY IDEA 3

      AA is not a religion.

      SUGGESTION FOR SELF-STUDY OR GROUP DISCUSSION

      The purpose of any religion is to foster spirituality among its followers. Religion is not the only source of spirituality. Religion demands specific behavior; spirituality is a positive and creative attitude about life. We hear some members say, Religion is for people who don’t want to go to hell, spirituality is for those who have been there. AA has nothing against organized religion. It even suggests that members consider returning to the religion of their childhood.

      KEY IDEA 4

      Stringent honesty is an absolute requirement of rehabilitation.

      SUGGESTION FOR SELF-STUDY OR GROUP DISCUSSION

      Alcoholism is a disease of denial. We often use rationalization to justify unacceptable behavior. At the end of each day, we review our actions and ask ourselves if we have been honest in all we have said and done. Honesty in recovery takes practice, so we practice as if our lives depend on it. They do!

      KEY IDEA 5

      But plain sobriety is not enough.

      SUGGESTION FOR SELF-STUDY OR GROUP DISCUSSION

      There is a difference between being dry and being sober. Those who are dry aren’t willing to learn or change. Those who are sober are willing to learn the simple facts of their threefold illness and practice the principles and Steps of the program. This leads to wisdom and lasting, contented recovery.

      KEY IDEA 6

      We must acquire honesty, humility, and appreciation, and kill self-centeredness to keep

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