Big Book Study: Step 2 - Now What (Part 3 of 15)

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🗓️ 8 March 2025

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This is part three of a 15 episode in-depth big book study that took place in 2009. Part three is about Step 2 - Now What, and is presented by Pete H. There is some Q& A at the end of this one and the questions were impossible to hear, I removed the long dead pauses and replaced them with a moment of clicks so you know it was an edit and then jumped to the answers. Support Sober Cast: https://sobercast.com/donate Email: [email protected] Event List: https://scast.us/event Roundup, retreat, convention or workshop coming up? List the event on the Sober Cast website. Visit the link above and look for "Submit Your Event" in the blue box. Sober Cast has 2700+ episodes available, visit SoberCast.com to access all the episodes where you can easily find topics or specific speakers using tags or search. https://sobercast.com

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Sobercast, where we provide AAC meetings and workshops in podcast format.
0:12.6	We're an ad-free podcast, and if you enjoy listening, please help us be self-supporting by visiting silvercast.com, look for the donate link, and drop a dollar or two into our virtual basket.
0:22.2	We hope you enjoyed the podcast. Have a great day. Pete.
0:44.2	Yes, my name's Pete, and I am an alcoholic,
0:52.5	and I always look at opportunities to share my experience,
0:57.1	strength and hope in meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous as an honor,
1:03.3	as an opportunity, you know, to share my experience with this program.
1:08.4	And tonight, the subject matter is the second step.
1:13.0	Came to believe, power greater than myself can restore me to sanity and keep in mind the implication here is that we're insane okay that's always a good starting
1:19.3	point for for anyone trying to get sober and live by spiritual principles um i'm insane
1:27.1	certainly when it comes to and in relationship to the first drink.
1:32.5	So tonight, what really caught my attention when I saw this flyer go out and there were
1:40.1	speaking commitments up for grabs, my sponsor sent sent it around was the way tonight's
1:46.2	format was was was titled the title of it um what now and uh you know if uh you've you've
1:55.5	had an experience with the first step you know how aprop you know, what the hell do I do now or what now
2:04.8	or however you want to phrase it. But if I've done a good job in the first step and I've had
2:09.7	an identification with the physical, the mental, and the spiritual aspect of my disease, I've
2:16.3	come to the reality of, what the hell do I do now?
2:20.3	Okay, you've convinced me.
2:22.3	I have this physical allergy.
2:24.3	I have this mental obsession, and I have this spiritual malady that always drives me back to the first drink.
2:31.3	I call it the cycle of drink.
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