Read pages 84 to 88 of the Big Book every day and do exactly what it says
If you’ve committed to the program, that means you’ve resigned as the decision-maker in your life
Instead, we let God guide us through this program
Nightly review: page 86
- Do the nightly review in the early evening and share with two people
- Proceed on the basis that, if you’re upset, you’re wrong
- Your job is to find out where your beliefs, thinking, and behavior are wrong
- And to correct them
- Ask your contacts to suggest any corrective measures you’ve missed
- Write down the corrective measures and implement them
In the morning: pages 86 to 88
- Ask the Higher Power to direct your thinking
- Follow all the other instructions on these two pages
- Plan the day with the Higher Power
- Write out the plan
- The plan should focus on
- Looking after the basics
- Constructive action
- Something pleasant
- Run the plan through with someone and be open to suggestions
- Schedule one hour’s work on Steps One to Nine to be done before the working day (if you’re currently on Steps One to Nine)
- On non-working days, schedule two to three hours or more on work on Steps One to Nine (ditto)
- If you’re not working Steps One to Nine, spend the following on spiritual reading and writing
- Half an hour a day a day on working days
- One hour a day on non-working days
- Spiritual reading and writing
- Read spiritual literature or watch or listen to spiritual talks
- Extract ideas, attitudes, beliefs, ways of thinking, and way of behaving
- Over time, organize the material you have extracted so you can navigate it easily and find solutions
- Apply what you’re reading to current situations
- Use the material to write mini-inventories on situations that arise
- Use the material to devise corrective measures
- Implement those corrective measures
- Talk and share about those corrective measures with program friends and at meetings
- Check your beliefs, thinking, and behavior against those corrective measures in the nightly review
During the day: pages 87 to 88 and 84 to 85
- Trust that you’ll be OK if you just keep doing the next right thing
- Stick to the plan
- Apply the ‘agitated or doubtful’ tools throughout the day from pages 87 to 88
- Apply the Step Ten instructions on pages 84 and 85 throughout the day
Troubleshooting:
- If you’re resentful, drop the judgement, drop the demand
- Follow the instructions at the top of page 67
- Stop thinking about the resentment and instead pray
- If you’re frightened, trust God
- Follow the instructions on page 68
- Anything else: call someone sensible and do what they say
Other
- Go to at least one meeting a day
- These days, you can dial into meetings while walking, driving, or doing housework
- If circumstances prevent a meeting a day, double up when you can to make up for non-meeting days
- Share the truth but share solutions you’re applying and results you’re getting
- Find people to help
- Call at least two other people who work out of the Big Book and have completed the program
- Call your sponsor regularly
- Stay active, constructive, and useful
- Think of others not yourself