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Big Book Living Alive
by Brad Smith
Preview Center for the new podcast; the Big Book Living Alive presents a New Joe & Charlie Big Book Seminar. Joe and Charlie have helped many of us during while we trudge the happy road of destiny. For most of us there were only 2 versions of the recordings available. The Big Book Comes Alive was recorded in 2013 and The Big Book Study recordings are from 1998. Now we have a previously un-released recording taken from the Big Book Seminar presented in July '93 and recorded in Latrobe, PA. at St. Vincent College. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Meet Joe & Charlie
Meet Joe & Charlie In the premiere episode of the new Big Book Comes Alive podcast and videocast. A series dedicated to bringing the legendary `Big Book Seminars` done by Joe & Charlie to modern audiences. Available on most podcast platforms, Big Book Comes Alive offers a fresh and convenient way...
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Meet Bill W.
And wisdom to know the difference. It works. But you have to work at it and share it. And, if you practice these steps you should have the spiritual awakening that will bring the relief from alcohol and the addition to it. Remember that the only way to keep it is to give it away. This is where…
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 56
Daily inventory and quiet meditation with a God of our understanding keeps us grounded and on the path. Prayer is talking to God and meditation is listening to God. Pg 87 - Conlude your mediation with a prayer. But this is prayer for help with what we need, not a request or shopping list of what…
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 55
The spiritual experience should be upon us if we have finished step 9, but we need to understand that we only have today for this reprieve from alcohol. We need to continue our daily maintenance to make sure we don't side back. We need to continue to make amends when necessary and keep our side…
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 54
The Promises: page 83 1. If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. 2. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. 3. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. 4. We will comprehend the word serenity...
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 53
Working the amends process can be, and should be, harder than we think. This is the process of clearing our wrongs, or facing what we to others and ourselves. We heal ourselves by clearing the past the fixing the broken relationships during this process. That will, and can, bring an inner peace...
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 52
Steps 8 & 9 are about getting right with the world. These steps work on the Guilt and Remorse of how we behaved. page 77 second paragraph of the Big Book explains to us how to approach someone to make amends I pray for the right attitude to make my amends, Being ever mindful not to harm others in...
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 51
Step 7 - Removing defects of character My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad. I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my fellows. Grant me strength, as I go out from here, to do…
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 50
After a huge step like 5 where we have shared our past and hopefully had a spiritual experience we need to stop and contemplate on what has happened Remove from us all our shortcomings. We ask our higher power to make us willing to let these things go. This is how we can let our past go. Who are…
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 49
Big Book Living Alive: Episode 49 - Into Action We finish the last part of step 4 and move into step 5. This is where we can let the actor go. The actor that lies and manipulates others. The way we behave when in active addiction. Finishing step 4 we make another list and this will be the sheet…
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 48
Tolerance and patience -- changes from the steps are happening. Faith is doing for us what we can't do for ourselves. We close out step for seeing the time we have harmed others with our controlling or demanding in the sex area. And we see why we did that in the past. And, as we finish this...
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2002 Torrance Big Book Workshop
What happens when the married person steps out? Who have they hurt with their sexual activities. Spouse, children, family of other person involved... Sometimes the use of sex is not for the actual act, but more about the control of the act. We need to see if we have done this to others or any…
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 46
How does our drinking impact our sexuality. How are the early thoughts and impression of our sexuality are formed, or corrupted by our drinking. This week we take a rooftop view of sex and how it can be a source of our resentment. It's cause and affect on us. And when and where and why it is a...
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 45
We cannot let fear can dominate our thinking Step 4 columns col 1 - Type of fear col 2 - Cause of fear col 3 - What is threatening a basic instinct of life col 4 - What is the wrong or what was done We are in the world to do as he designs / faith = courage 4th step prayer: "Dear God, please help…
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 44
lather rinse repeat... break that cycle Lets add some order to our 4th step. Everyone seems to know how to do a 4th step on tv, but there is more than just saying I see this problem. Once you define a resentment you need to tell someone. This is step 5 and you don't do it and step 6 where you...
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 43
Break the cycle of self will run riot - they block us from the sunshine of the spirit This is a Big Book centric week. We can have all the benefits of a happy and resentment free life by looking inward. We don't need to buy special potions, or subscripe to monthly scented candle memberships. I...
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 42
We need to find the underlying reason why we have resentments towards others. We can do this by looking at what our part in the situation is and take responsibility for what we did. Column 4: What is the exact nature of my wrongs, faults, mistakes, defect, shortcomings What was MY Part: Selfish /...
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 41
What fixes anger and resentments...love and prayers. Working to achieve piece of mind isn't easy and it can take time because we are human. That is why we strive to achieve spiritual progress, not spiritual perfection, page 551. Remove resentments and filling that void with…
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 40
Ever get that itch, the itch to pick a fight. Wheather it's the co-worker, spouse or other we all get out of sorts at times. We all have this when feel threatened to one of our basic instinct. But, if we lean on our higher power we can learn to deal with it. We learn in step 4 that the basic...
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 39
If your resentments control you then you cannot let God guide you. The 4th step is all about people / places / institutions / principles that we have a resentment with. The things that we get angry and upset with. But, why are we angry? what is the cause? what was result? There are form online to...
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 38
We need to stop feeling sorry for ourselves. And we can start doing that by clearing our past resentments. This will then allow room for new thoughts. When start letting our higher power in, it is amazing how much freedom one can feel. Here is the hard part, you have to first write them down. We...
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 37
We have to search for flaws, because the good deeds don't make us drink, it is the resentments that will do us harm if allowed to fester and grow. 'Free your mind, and the rest will follow' - En Vogue You May Also Like: ✓ New episodes of the Big Book Living Alive Joe & Charlie podcast every…
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 36
One must move forward and not delay to the 4th step. The first 3 steps freed us of the self made bonds of our addiction, now is the time to find out who we are, what we have done, and what our responsibilty were. Charlie has the best analogy, if you don't inventory a business then the store fills...
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 35
We finish talking about the basice instints with a discussion of the sex fear as it relates to self will. Then we need to see how we are when we live a self centered life. The fourth step give us a chance to see how our selfishness caused us to behave mad, or scared or hurtful towards others. We...
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 34
There is work to be done before starting step four. We need to do a self assesment so that we have a starting point to work on. The 12 & 12 talks about the 3 basic instincts of life: Social Security Sex This week we talk about the first two. Social acceptance is a powerful part of our idea of…
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 33
We are the reason for most of our issues. We drive ourselves to destruction because of fear and pain. We make our own problems when we don't want to stop and listen. Why? Because `you cant heal a sick mind with a sick mind`. In order to change we must get rid of selfishness. We need to have a way...
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 32
We are the only species that has free will. That is why we never see a tree hit a car. But that self will can cause us to do things and behave in ways that will only harm ourselves. Self will makes us an island and we are isolated and alone. it is a personal decision and without it we are stuck…
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 31
This weeks theme is decision v. action. Learning to turn over our will, and our mindset, to higher power. This is a process, and it takes takes time and energy to accept. Giving up control is a large ego deflator, and can keep us from building the foundation for success that the first step, steps...
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 29
Pain points create change. Whether big consequences, or small repercussions, belief must precede change. And change is the process of belief transforming into faith. We cannot start down the path until we realize that we need to believe and that you can change. This program is a guide to change…
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 28
Dare to believe that there is a better way. Fear of change can prevent any of us from progressing and growing as a person. This can be emotional or spiritual growth that needs to be challenged to dare to believe differently. We all need to be a little more like Christopher Columbus who went west…
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 27
We agnostics was Bill W adding additional knowledge and instructions to help the still suffering alcoholic who may believe or have had a religion/spirituality to the side as we drank. Many of life's changing event are preceded by a spiritual change. Meditate on these ideas, see if they can bring...
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 26
The vital spiritual experience is a releif not another burden. When we have spent years on self will and self sabatoge, it is like a drowning man who is pull out of the water by a lifeguard. The older membership shows us how their experience, strenght and hopw changed theri life. And if you…
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 25
More stories of bad choices, denial and failure to listen to the warning signs. Heavy drinkers is not the same as alcoholic. The true alcoholic always has the desire to fall back into old habits. In the battle alcohol we must be vigilant. The As we said before; We have to be willing to finish…
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 24
More About Alcohol Stories of snap decisions and bad choices show us that we must be vigilant. The desire to fall back into old habits is hard to break. We have to be willing to finish what we start. Stopping at step 3, get stalled before finishing the steps or just think that 'I got this' is a...
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 23
Restored to Sanity Insane: `in a state of mind which prevents normal perception, behavior, or social interaction` So insanity is just a state of being "Less Than Whole". This is part of the truth about the disease of alcoholism. But, we have to stand in the light of our decisions. We need to...
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 22
You cannot have a Spiritual Awakening if you will not accept the idea of a Higher Power or you fear letting God in. Putting up barriers make it hard, if not impossible, to find relief. It is only once in a great while that we are given a chance to have a 'vital spiritual experience'. Don't…
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 21
Willing to change. Can the idea of something new or different keep us from sobriety...Hell Yea. 'If you are unhappy with the program, or feel you are not able to change to make the program work, then please go find another path or go back to the way you were and we will refund all your pain an...
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 20
The solution is change. It's working hard to see how we were and what we could be. This is the spiritual experience. Please read Appendix II. On page 569 the book explains the spiritual experience and spiritual awakening are how we find the solution; personality change. Change can be fast, slow…
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 19
The Types of Drinkers. Before we can apply the solution, we need to know who it applies to. This week Joe & Charlie discuss the types of drinkers. These are the people like us and not like us. ie: moderate v. hard drinkers And then you have to look at small list of REAL alcoholics. This in not…
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 18
The Solution. The power of fellowship and power of vital spiritual experience are a solution to the drinking problem. They need to be taken in the proper doses and they course of action is never ending. You can refill this script over and over and ... It's not just meetings that make the...
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 17
Bill takes the steps in the hospital with Ebby. In the early days you took most if not all the steps at the same time. But, there were only originally 4-6 steps since the program was based on the Oxford Group basic six tenants. Bill would expand these to be the 12 steps as we know them. 'Takes…
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 16
Bill has a spiritual awakening and is able to add the strength of a higher power to the growing program of his sobriety. As Bill goes thru step 2 he learn that the path to understanding the Spiritual portion of his recovery cannot be used as a hammer with others. Step 1 is the foundation of the...
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 15
By 1934 Bill has relapsed again, meets dr. Silkworth again, realizes that he can't stop. But then he gets a call from his old friend Ebby. He wants to come over. Ebby was sober and in a group called the Oxford group. One of the groups tenants was to help others in need. Bill cannot believe his...
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 14
Bill meets Dr. Silworth and the process of change is set in motion. He comes to understand that his ailment is a dual process. He has the obsession of the mind and the diseas of the body, and this combined procss makes it very hard to combat with willpower alone. Where is the line between…
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 13
Bills Story - Part 1. Bills story is the first chapter in the Big Book. Telling us about Bill W and the ups and downs of his life due to alcohol. In telling his story we look for similarities to our story. Not all details are the same for every person or their individual history. But, if we…
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 12
The 12 Step Visit. The Step Visit was used to bring in the new member to the program and jump start the recovery process. By the time the new person got the their first meeting they had already taken steps 1 and 2. And it was at the first meeting that they then took step 3. We don't do that…
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 11
The reaction of the mind. Why is the first drink never enough and the last one of the night leaves us wanting more. The mind of the alcoholic is not like normal drinkers. We crave the alcoholic feeling and the mind keeps us coming back for more. You May Also Like: ✓ New episodes of the Big Book...
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 10
The reaction of the body. How an alcoholic metabolizes the alcohol they consume is different from normal drinkers. The breakdown of the product, the long term chemicals retained in the body and the overall affect of the substance that differ from regular drinkers is discussed this week. You May...
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 09
The Effect. How alcohol interacts with a person is different for the alcoholic then a normal drinker. The effect is a cycle of continued drinking because the cause is the first drink. This is the obsession of the the mind and the disease of the body working together against the normal, rational...
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Big Book Living Alive: Episode 08
The Allergy. After centuries of being outcast and forgotten, one Doctor was able to diagnose the dual nature of the alcoholic's addiction. This theory was used by Bill W. to develop the prescription for Recovery. Even though Dr. Silkworth did not want his opinion to list an author in the first...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Preview Center for the new podcast; the Big Book Living Alive presents a New Joe & Charlie Big Book Seminar.
Joe and Charlie have helped many of us during while we trudge the happy road of destiny. For most of us there were only 2 versions of the recordings available. The Big Book Comes Alive was recorded in 2013 and The Big Book Study recordings are from 1998.
Now we have a previously un-released recording taken from the Big Book Seminar presented in July '93 and recorded in Latrobe, PA. at St. Vincent College.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
HOSTED BY
Brad Smith
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Preview Center for the new podcast; the Big Book Living Alive presents a New Joe & Charlie Big Book Seminar. Joe and Charlie have helped many of us during while we trudge the happy road of destiny. For most of us there were only 2 versions of the recordings available. The Big Book Comes Alive was...
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