The first workshop in our July-December 2024 cycle will be a two-hour orientation, on July 6, 2024, and then we will dive immediately into the core topics of this 26-workshop, six-month conference in the second session, on July 13, 2024.

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During this conference, we will cover many of the 12s in DA and BDA — Steps, Traditions, DA Tools, BDA Tools, and DA Promises (see our Contact​ page for downloadable pdfs of each list). For these 24 program principles, 24 tools, and 12 promises, we will offer specific applications for DA and BDA members who own, operate, manage, or work for businesses, either for-profit or not-for-profit. Each numbered set of recovery topics (i.e. Step One, Tradition One, etc) has been allotted two workshop sessions.

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The first session of each pair will cover the relevant Step and Tradition. The second session of each pair will cover the relevant DA Tool, BDA Tool, and Promise. (As of 03-12-22, we no longer cover the 12 DA Concepts in the workshops, but we do still provide helpful questions and commentary and will provide optional support for conference registrants who want to discuss these very important program principles.) Our focus is solvent recovery, and everyone is eligible. We recommend that you prepare for each pair of workshops by reading the distributed workshop materials in full. Then please do the relevant readings from DA literature, jotting down notes and questions as you go:
 

Matching Step and Tradition from our DA “12, 12, and 12” book
 

Full description of the matching DA Tool (you can download many of the DA Tools pamphlets for free from https://debtorsanonymous.org/getting-started/free-literature/; current pamphlets can be purchased from debtorsanonymous.org or requested for free via https://www.bdaworkshops.org/free-literature.)

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Full description of the matching BDA Tool from the BDA Tools pamphlet

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Full description of the matching DA Promise from the DA Promises pamphlet

 

If you do not yet have the following pieces of conference-approved DA and BDA literature — DA’s 12, 12, and 12 book; DA’s A Currency of Hope; and ALL of the pamphlets if you're in the US and willing to receive an eBook on the Kindle app (sorry, that's US-only based on limitations on the various country-specific Amazon websites) — please visit https://www.bdaworkshops.org/free-literature to submit a literature request form.  

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Next, as the workshops progress, please answer the questions posed in the workshop materials for the relevant sessions that are coming up. We suggest answering every question we’ve posed; first in writing, then reading your answers aloud, sharing with a fellow BDAer or two. No long essays are necessary, just a paragraph or two in direct answer to a question. These questions are posed by the author and editors of the workshop materials based on our own experience, strength, and hope and a deep read of each of the topics presented. You’ll also find occasional exercises and activities to prepare for the upcoming workshops, especially related to the DA and BDA Tools. 

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While “yes” and “no” answers are rarely enough, more than a paragraph or two per question is rarely necessary or desired. Because time for sharing will be limited, we suggest finding a “study buddy” among our fellow participants and reading your written responses to one another.

Our 26th session will be a wrap-up, review, and discussion of “What’s Next?” 

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