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Sober Cast: An (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous Podcast AA

Big Book Study: Step2

Sober Cast: An (unofficial) Alcoholics Anonymous Podcast AA

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.62.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Ian L from Union New Jersey leads this big book study on Step 2 at the 4th Montclair New Jersey Big Book Study held in 2011. Email: sobercast@gmail.com Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate We have added a page of meetings that have moved online https://sobercast.com/online-meetings Sober Cast has 1800+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to SilverCast where we provide AA speak meetings and workshops in podcast

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0:22.4

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0:24.6

I'd like to start this, first of all, I have a home group, it's a vision for you and

0:33.2

uniony jersey and some home group members are here for support and I thank you and I have

0:37.8

a sponsor who has a sponsor and I've had an experience with the 12 steps and more than

0:46.0

one time.

0:47.3

And so I'd like to just kind of quiet the mind just do like just a short maybe one minute

0:54.5

two minute quiet, starting with a set aside prayer which is really important to me in

1:00.8

step two because it's it's about laying aside our prejudices in step two.

1:07.0

So God please help me set aside everything I think I know for an open mind and a new

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experience.

1:12.8

Help me see my need to come to believe in a power greater than myself.

1:19.0

So we're at step two and last week for those of you who are here, Chris did a really

1:24.8

wonderful job on step one and for me, step two is like a giant wash out of the first

1:33.8

step and I've got to come from a place where of unacceptable ability.

1:39.9

If I find myself coming out of step one and things are acceptable, I probably really

1:46.1

haven't seen my truth in step one.

1:48.9

Step one for me is a place of complete unacceptable ability.

1:53.4

It's just purely bottom, I mean step one is bottom, step one is that I'm from a point

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