Back to the Basics of Recovery contains a message of hope for all those who have been struggling with recovery either because the process has never been explained to them, or else it has been presented in a way that is so complicated they have given up on ever getting “clean and sober”.
How to take the Twelve Steps “quickly and often”
This format is meant to be followed and completed in four weeks. The suggested weekly guidelines are broken down into 4 weeks so the process can be completed in one month. If the week happens to contain a 5th week the suggestion is a spiritual study, following the suggestions in reading a spiritual experience on page 417 of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Week #1 – Surrender (Introduction and Steps 1, 2 and 3)
Week #2 – Sharing and Amends (Steps 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9)
Week #4 – Guidance (Steps 10, 11 and 12)
Week #5 – (If necessary) Appendix II Spiritual Experience