The most recent ones are nearest to the top of the page. A typical response to disturbance is to blame our feelings and reactions on other people. You will need to print several resentment inventory blank sheets, 46 fear inventory grids pick a format you like. There doesnt appear to be any big book stories that talk about turnarounds when describing their step work. We admitted our wrongs honestly and were willing to set these matters straight. Breaking down step four of aa alcoholics anonymous jason. Next we launched out on a course of vigorous action, the first step of which is a personal.
The fear inventory is done in columns like resentments. For me step ten wasnt enough until i formally worked the 12 steps at. Some times they hurt us, seemingly without provocation, but we invariably. In the big book, this inventory starts with the last paragraph on page 67 where it says. See origins of aas 4th step moral inventory it is not mentioned in the big book text at any point. Here is a list of fears that may be helpful in your fear inventory. This will take you to the official website of overeaters anonymous. You will need the big book of alcoholics anonymous. Step 4 fear inventory form the big book authors indicate that the best way to deal with our fears is to do exactly what we did with resentments.
This is the second stage of doing the fear inventory. Breaking down step ten of aa alcoholics anonymous jason. None of the original members talk about turnarounds, at least not that we can find. How was i resentful if so, do 4 column inventory 2. Fear inventory prompt sheet here is a list of fears that may be helpful in your fear inventory. If you are interested in overeaters anonymous, please click on the image to the left. Many members of aa feel a need to write an immoral inventory as opposed to the moral inventory of step 4. There were a few steps i needed to take before i was ready to make a searching and fearless moral inventory of myself. Then we will list what part of ourselves, selfreliance, has failed. Show me how to make my relationships right, and grant me the humility and the.
Fold a sheet of paper into four columns or use the template on the next page take all of your fears you wrote in your resentment inventory and make one single list in the first column a. Step 4 fear inventory questions and list of fears step 4 sex inventory questions. I went back to examine my fears and i asked myself why i had them. Quotations from the big book of alcoholics aonoymous. Once we have a complete willingness to take inventory, and exert ourselves to do the job thoroughly, a wonderful light falls upon this foggy scene. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. Quotations from the big book quotations came directly from the 3rd edition of the big book of alcoholics anonymous.
I followed the advice given in the big book, and if fear was connected to a resentment, i listed it in brackets in that third column. The fear list is an important part of ongoing maintenance in recovery. How sad it is to see people spend their lives haunted by fear. Possible step 4 fear list here is a list of fears that may be helpful with your fear inventory. Fear inventory this is the first part of the fear inventory worksheet. The original source for these worksheets is sadly no longer available. Now, read page 63 starting with the last paragraph through page 71 of the big book. In this book you read again and again that faith did. Alcoholics and addicts have typically honed the skill of nursing resentments and finding fault into an art form. I am having trouble understanding column 2 why do i. This is a written inventory based on the 4 absolutes. As a technique to not miss any fears, then i look at any opposite of the fears i have already listed. Reprinted from the big book, alcoholics anonymous, with permission of a. Big book awakening 4th step workshop resentment examples and worksheets 122006.
Like the resentment inventory, we will list our fears. Look at resentment inventory and copy all that have fear checked. Feel free to email any quotes you may have or would like to see added. Home read the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions alcoholics anonymous alcoholics anonymous this is the fourth edition of the big book, the basic text for alcoholics anonymous.
Alcoholism12 step support lets do a fear inventory. There is a detailed instruction sheet that goes with the step 4 inventory forms, from the workshop. Look at the 3rd column and consider the opposite of each sentence to let the inventory reveal your fears behind each of the seven areas of self. And few sponsors teach sponcees to write down fears not associated with a resentment. Notice that the word fear is bracketed alongside the difficulties with mr.
The joy of life is squeezed out of them by fear of failure, criticism, betrayal, change, rejection, loneliness, poverty, growing old, getting sick. Resentments, let them go in alcoholics anonymous we learn that resentment is a condition or state of mind whereby one relives some past event, and feels the emotion from that event as if it were happening right now. See inventory template on next page for a guide while. Possible step 4 fear list the treasure map meeting. I was curious on how everyone wrote fear inventory. Fears read the big book, page 67, last paragraph through first paragraph on page 68. This is one of the best summaries on the 4th step that i have ever come across. The big book helped guide me through this process, and though i repeatedly. This is the step 4 emotional sobriety oa worksheet in a word document and a pdf file. When the word optional is used in the worksheets, it means that the big book suggests doing this but. Fears read from bottom of page 67 through 68 of the big book before beginning. As it says in the big book, when we are disturbed, it is usually because we find some person, place, thing or situation some fact in our lives unacceptable.
We shorten our list by pairing down our fears into root fears. These come directly from some of our members 4th step inventory on fear. Pity those who fear what they shouldnt and fear not what they should. The twelve steps of overeaters anonymous may help you when all other methods have failed.
Fold a sheet of paper into four columns or use the template on the next page take all of your fears you wrote in your resentment inventory and make one single list in. It is for this reason that the big book suggests we start our 4th step inventory by examining these emotions. List fears connected to resentment column four, question 4 and then any fears not connected to resentment heights, spiders, snakes, poverty, aids etc. Fear in big book alcoholics anonymous, 12 steps and 12. The fear inventory should be separate from the resentment inventory says so in the book. Copyright alcoholics anonymous world services, inc.
Complete the four different inventory sheets that have been provided to you. Fear, anger, and resentment cause the alcoholic and probably everyone else the most trouble. The big book study movement is outside of the structure of alcoholics anonymous in ireland. The fear inventory is the final piece of step four. We put them on paper, even though we had no resentment in connection with them. Our origins are the students of the big book group. Please read that instruction sheet, follow the instructions, and also read all the references in the big book mentioned in the instructions, and read the big book references on each one of the individual forms. They are to be taken in the precise order as numbered below.
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