The big book is the main thing. So its apart of alcoholics annonymous. It’s called the AA book. So basically.. 2 men in America invented alcoholics anonymous, Dr Bob and Bill, they were both alcoholics, and effected family’s ect.. They did everything the addict did, and they found out just by talking for hours and hours got rid of cravings. Hence why we have meetings and it helps in other ways. So they made the book and 12 steps we have to follow and you go through these with a sponsor. This is what u should do in the meetings. You get a sponsor and phone them everyday, especially when u get cravings.
The 1st step is admitting you are powerless over your addiction, that it controls you. And you read with your sponsor each week out of the book and learn about your disease or addiction, and the answers are in the book how to get better.
The big things in it are step 4 and 7 I think it is. Step 4 resentments, we write down all our resentments, from the past, everything that we have held on to. I had a lot to my dad and a friend. These can cause use to use and we don’t know it. Alot of addicts have trauma from. The past. It can be even just mental abuse.
Then the other step amends, we make amends in person to all the people we have harmed. It clears things straight with people and it’s quite freeing.
You find a new lease of life doing it and you have to change your life around. No lying, being honest, helping people ect.. I don’t even litter drop anymore. Things like this. If you lead an honest life things will get better. And it does work.
You just have to put the effort in. I got the basics in for now lol