All Day AA - Chapter 1 Bill's Story Big Book - Part 1 - 12 Steps - 164 pages.

Chapter 1 of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.

[@jenne6275]

Thank you so much for taking the time to do this for us. 🙏

[@GrowthGuided]

You are so very welome. Its a nice way for people to connect for the information and for me to get out of myself to try and help (:

[@juneleanos5825]

I can’t stay sober long enough to start reading… it’s the anxiety when sitting down to read… the possibilities of failure. So thank you for reading it and explaining portions. ❤

[@GrowthGuided]

You are wonderful. Don’t let your brain talk you out of this. This is an awful disease and I’m proud of you for trying to change your life. The great thing is most people who approach this with a desperate desire to change eventually get it. You don’t do it alone. You are loved. Now get to work champion !

[@diannaboss4167]

🌻12 th day, Man gratitude 🙏🏽 I'm a 52 yr 9old Single Mother GRATEFUL TO BE HERE 🌿 Yosemite California

[@GrowthGuided]

Much love to you Dianna. Wishing you massive successive on your healing path (:

[@jop4066]

Love your humor and you made it fun!

[@GrowthGuided]

Glad you listened Thank you for stopping in (:

[@berdeski1965]

It isn't AA that changes our life... AA is just the vehicle; AA is the program the solution is God may you find him now... God is what changes us... God restores us...

[@Tnc874]

Its a trilogy. A.A., God and us.

[@amycuellar17]

Preach

[@kalinlong7943]

Thank you for breaking this down, I appreciate ya.. much love and respect

[@GrowthGuided]

You are most welcome. Don't worry if it doesn't stick first or second time round, I still forget a lot after going through this for 11 years (:

[@nataliacolonfigueroa920]

Im from puerto rico love this

[@MrJaycob88]

Awesome video. Thank you

[@GrowthGuided]

You are most welcome my friend. Thank you for taking the time to watch the video!!

[@KS99986]

Thank you 🙏 😊🙌🏻💚

[@GrowthGuided]

You are very welcome Marleen (:

[@cameronw.2775]

Thanks for your service brother

[@GrowthGuided]

You are very welcome. Glad to help out my friend. Wishing you a smooth cleaning and a quick understanding of the material.

[@S.tarzzz]

The first thing I tell newcomers is that the actual meat and the actual program is only the first 7 chapters. Not even half an inch thick. Not even 100 pages….. And of course chapter 11. But everything else is just personal stories. When I realized that it was a HUGE RELIEF!!! Reading 7 chapters is doable. But looking at that big ass book, I didn’t even want to start it. Good job for doing this for people. So awesome. Thank you for your altruism :)

[@GrowthGuided]

Thank you for your kind comment. Appreciate it. Hope I didn’t come across on any spiritual hill top. No alcoholic likes being talked down too (:

[@S.tarzzz]

@@GrowthGuided not at all. You’re relatable and you explain things. It’s basically just like when we sit down with a sponsor and they read the book to us. I love it. I actually saved it in my sponsee playlist, to send out to people I’m working with who are new to the program. It’s way more updated sounding than the audio book. That guys voice is the cringe. I’m like UGHHHHHH!!! Thank you for providing an alternative to the cringe.🙏🏼✨😇🙌🏼

[@DrudgeNYC]

Amen!! My sobriety date is 2.12.19 Blessed to be alive!

[@GrowthGuided]

Heck ya brother!! Thanks for checking in!

[@BrandonBoseman-xn2ec]

Congratulations

[@Robbskunky]

Thank you for putting this together, it’s great! Today is my 1 year birthday and this was great to listen to at the end of the day.

[@GrowthGuided]

CONGRATULATIONS !!! So happy you persisted. And, thank you for listening as well (: Wishing you decades more of liberty and light to pass on to the world spiritual warrior!

[@cameronw.2775]

Hey Robb congrats on that one year. How are you doing on your journey today?

[@Robbskunky]

@@cameronw.2775 Hi Cameron, Thank you for asking. My program is going great! I made it past the 18month mark. I started sponsoring and it really set the second part of my recovery into play. I got my first sponsee through the steps and am continuing to work with him and a new sponsee. Thank you for posting your videos, they are very useful. I hope your recovery is going well. Happy sobriety!!

[@cameronw.2775]

@@Robbskunky wow! That’s amazing man and so inspiring to hear. I recently had a stumble this summer after 15 months but I think I figured what happened. I was going through the motions but it was more of a “script” rather than doing real work. I’m almost back at a month and have been doing tons of meetings and reading and getting numbers and I love the program this time around which I never really felt before. Here’s to another 24 everyone!

[@dancubase3951]

Love it 😊🙏

[@GrowthGuided]

Thank you Dan

[@user-hm6fl1bb9v]

Thanks amazing job

[@GrowthGuided]

Most welcome. Glad to help (:

[@dickclark8148]

Little over 100 hours clean

[@GrowthGuided]

Fuck yah! Proud of you!

[@moxiehan1764]

How are you?

[@charitysondergeld8715]

I think what your doing is amazing! Keep going! 11-7-19 sd

[@GrowthGuided]

Thank you so much Charity. I appreciate the encouragement (:

[@BrandonBoseman-xn2ec]

Congratulations

[@davidworth4318]

Word up

[@BrandonBoseman-xn2ec]

My 20s and 30s it became a must. Control actor trying to direct the show

[@GrowthGuided]

I still watch it creep in (:

[@mariamcglynn5793]

Very good

[@GrowthGuided]

Thank you Maria. (:

[@BrandonBoseman-xn2ec]

One day at a time

[@jameslomax9868]

I've swore off drugs and alcohol alot

[@GrowthGuided]

Its a horrible cycle.

[@davidworth4318]

It’s 2021. What works for one May not work another

[@GrowthGuided]

There is no monopoly on wellness (:

[@jesusdominguez4619]

Are the 12 steps and traditions different? Sorry I’m still learning

[@GrowthGuided]

No need to apologize my friend! Yes they are in a separate book called the 12 and 12 which goes into greater detail of the traditions which focuses on keeping the group in healthy shape. The Big Book came first and then the 12 by 12, but it is still AA approved literature. (: I hope that makes more sense.

[@gavinsandlin6700]

13 days today on my 3rd Time around

[@GrowthGuided]

Heck yah! Dig your feet deep into it this time and give yourself a loving gift my friend (:

[@moxiehan1764]

Stay with it

[@lordcromwell5512]

I am 13 days free from all substances. Again!

[@markschrull6132]

fear i am headed for a relapse due to stress.

[@GrowthGuided]

“Willing to go to any lengths” comes to mind for me. Talk to your sponsor about your challenges with complete openness. Fear that you might become the most calm and peaceful Version of You instead (:

[@angelhopes8918]

I suggest you buy the big book dictionary

[@davidworth4318]

1939 this was written

[@lordcromwell5512]

Who wants to come over for a meeting?

[@cassieschneider3377]

Can u please point out all 12 steps in bills story I'm working on it with my sponsor as an assignment and I'm SO LOST 😂

[@GrowthGuided]

Don't worry. It is totally normal. There aren't exactly precise places in Bills Story where it mentions the steps like it does in the 164 pages say like pages 72 - fifth step or page 76 - Step Seven and Eight and Nine. Bill's story explains a short figurative means instead of directly stating "now we are at step 1,2,3" etc. I hope that makes a little more sense.

[@angelhopes8918]

Or you can get a 12 and 12 book

[@angelhopes8918]

I'm new too my sponsor told me to buy a 12 and 12 book it's got the 12 steps and the 12 tradition I also join a 12 step group

[@angelhopes8918]

Hope this helps

[@GrowthGuided]

@@angelhopes8918 A 12 step group is a great pair with 12 steps and 12 traditions book (:

[@bradkendall9551]

9 seconds in and I just realized I'm going to like you and you're not a skinny weener

[@GrowthGuided]

Ahahha that’s quite the comment 💪🏼

[@bradkendall9551]

@@GrowthGuided lol sorry I just watched Heavyweights. Can't get than line out of my head. "At the end of the summer this camp will be filled with a bunch of skinny winners" "Skinny Weenars!?!"

[@GrowthGuided]

@@bradkendall9551 ahahah all good my man (:

[@integrityglass2888]

Are you ready the story in the back

[@GrowthGuided]

No I had not planned on doing that. (:

[@kerrygrandison-an5816]

On my journey

[@GrowthGuided]

Good good. Keeping pushing (:

[@alyssaarthurs5717]

Lmao yes it has changed my life

[@ericmcnicol4265]

Bloody hell, get on with it.

[@thebewitchinghour831]

Love and tolerance. Lol

[@markschrull6132]

Hello

[@GrowthGuided]

Hi Mark !

[@jeffmorre6548]

Page 377

[@GrowthGuided]

I was told first three words on page 112