Dan takes us through the first 164 pages of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous sharing his experience, strength and hope. Use this as a guide for your next discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com
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Dan Dan takes us through one story in the Big Book; "Freedom from Fear" and how Dan Dan related to this story. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dandansbigbookstudy
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Humility give you, me, "us", the ability to do amazing things.. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dandansbigbookstudy
The desire in the present that things will be better in the future. In this episode, Dan Dan discusses this idea of Hope. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dandansbigbookstudy
Dan Dan discusses the spiritual tool of honesty. Can we model, practice, demonstrate, think of and concoct ways to utilize this tool? Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dandansbigbookstudy
Dan shares his time traveling experiences as he discusses the importance of "One Day At A Time" Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dandansbigbookstudy
So often heard; "Progress not perfection" and as Dan Dan discusses this phrase, we learn that Progress is Perfection. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dandansbigbookstudy
Well yea,, I put that resentment behind me Dan Dan. You sure did, right in that backpack you're carrying and it might be getting a bit heavy. In this episode, Dan Dan explores dealing with resentments and unloading that backpack. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dandansbigbookstudy
Dan Dan takes us down the road of acceptance in the first episode of Spiritual Tools.
"Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all of our traditions, ever reminding us to place principals before personalities." Anonymity: Lacking outstanding, individual or unusual features. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496
Dan who??? "Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio and films" Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollcwww.recroomstudiollc.com
"Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy" "Opinion is the lowest form of human intelligence because it is only of one mans experience." - "A man who listens, has the knowledge of the world." Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollcwww.recroomstudiollc.com Sponsorships: off for this episode
"A.A, as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve" So, how does an organization that is not organized, organize so that the organization remains, organized! Dan Dan is going to enlighten us. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollcwww.recroomstudiollc.com
Help! "Alcoholics Anonymous should remain forever non-professional but our service centers may employ special workers." Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollcwww.recroomstudiollc.com
"Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions" Dan says Nope!! I don't want your help.. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollcwww.recroomstudiollc.com
Dan Dan approaches tradition six as Separating the Spiritual from the Material. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollcwww.recroomstudiollc.com
"Each group has but one primary purpose--to carry its message to the alcoholic who still suffers." Us.. Team A.A. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollcwww.recroomstudiollc.com
"Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole" Personal responsibility; that is the focus of this episode. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc www.recroomstudiollc.com
The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. But what if Dan Dan! Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc www.recroomstudiollc.com
Tradition Two. "For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority--a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern." The value of Group Conscience. Where does A.A. get its direction? Who runs it? The sole authority is a loving God as He may express Himself in the group conscience through; Great Objectives Decisions. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc www.recroomstudiollc.com
As the Steps hold the individual together, the traditions are a way to hold AA together. Tradition One: Our common welfare should come first. Personal recovery depends upon AA unity. Unity, not uniformity. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc www.recroomstudiollc.com
Here we are. Part 3 of Dan Dan's study of Step 12. Carrying the message. Practicing these principles. In all our affairs. In this new life of sobriety. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc www.recroomstudiollc.com
It's not just 1, 2, 3 and me. It's carrying this message to other alcoholics. Dan Dan continues with part 2 of Step 12. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc www.recroomstudiollc.com
Having had a spiritual awakening we as a result of these steps. Dan Dan brings us to this incredible journey into Step 12. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook:www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc www.recroomstudiollc.com
Dan continues our journey through step eleven, Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him praying only for the knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. Part two. Have a great discussion, Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com
Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him praying only for the knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out. Have a great discussion, Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com
Whoo Hoo.. Here we are. Step Ten. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it. Keeping our side of the street clean. Maintenance. Have a great discussion, Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com
This is a clearing of our side of the street so we can move forward being of maximum service to others.. Have a great discussion, Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com
Made a list of all persons we have harmed and became willing to make amends to them all. It's time to unload that backpack... Have a great discussion, Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com
Readiness. That frame of mind that we seek to humbly ask him to remove our shortcomings.. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com
Becoming entirely ready to have God remove all these roadblocks that hold us back from the life we want to live. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com
Admitted to God, ourselves, and another human being the exact nature of our wrongs. Owning the past and addressing the instincts discussed in Step Four. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com
What is the number one offender? Resentment is the number one offender and Dan dives into part 2 of Step four as we tackle this list. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com
Step Four - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Dan brings us into Step Four and the idea of the instincts. Our instincts gone awry. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com
Dan brings us to the second part of Step Three. The key is in and with a little willingness.. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com
Step 3 - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him. Put the key in the car... Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com
The idea. A connection In the affirmative. The belief that there is a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com
Dan gets all the way into these things called steps and finding well; maybe that finest opportunity.. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com
Let's get ready to dive into step study as Dan brings us the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions book. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com
We are closing out on the first 164 pages of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. We hope this podcast has and continues to serve some awesome discussions as we trudge the road of happy destiny. Have a great discussion! Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com
A Vision for You. You you. Me you. A Vision for all of us. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com
The willingness to be of service to the suffering alcoholic. Are we willing is how Dan wraps up this chapter. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com
In the context of the employer, Dan continues the them of sponsorship as we get into part 2 of "To Employers" Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com
There is also a theme of sponsorship here as Dan begins this chapter, To Employers. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com
The more important I make other people to me, the more important I become to other people. The principle of giving to rather than getting from. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com
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What may the family afterward encounter. How may they react. What am I packing into the the family versus what I am getting out. This chapter is written for us and, the family afterward. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com
In part two we revisit the drinker categories. This time, the explanation is given in the context of helping those affected by our drinking; the ones that love us, to get a better understanding. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com
How have we affected others. The Chapter "To Wives" is one of a different subject. It talks of the affect we have had on others. To Wives part 1. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com
Part 4 - We are setting forward with the power of God. Here, there, everywhere. Even Whoopi Parties.. Anywhere where we might be of maximum helpfulness to others. Have a great discussion. Visit Dan Dan's Big Book Study on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444990600109496 Visit Rec Room Studio LLC. https://www.facebook.com/recroomstudiollc https://www.recroomstudiollc.com