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Questions about the 12 Steps....
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Go ahead and ask, under the 12 step groups post you are aligned with. Try to keep your questions in relation to the current step your group is addressing, or steps previously addressed by your group on the board. All other inquiries should be placed on your groups main message board. On this board, yo...
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STICKY:
The Twelve Steps
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The 12 Steps
We admitted we were powerless over _______--that our lives had become unmanageable. (*See Note At bottom)
Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understoo...
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Step Board Format
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Hi everyone,
It's been brought to my attention by the Step Work Board monitors that several are sharing on issues or steps that are not in keeping with the boards format. So that everyone understands I have been asked to outline this boards format.
We address the Steps in the order they were wr...
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AcoA Step 1
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We admitted we were powerless over the effects of alcoholism or other family dysfunction, that our lives had become unmanageable. I am 42 years old, soon to be 43 years old. My life has become unmanageable. I'm in a place right now where I have had other recovery for 14 years on and off but feel lik...
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Alanon Step 4(3-24-2018)
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Step Four: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves C2C reading page 345 my fourth step inventory helped me to discover" who I am". What my values are and the behavior, I would 'd like to keep and what I would like to change. The quote is from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. "He th...
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So I am brand new to this group. It caught my eye after reading some of the replies and posts. Where do I start with finding the steps and beginning to work on them.
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Alanon Step 3 (3-1-2018)
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Step 3: Made a decision to turn our will and lives over to the care of God, as we understood him. C2C reading page 23 At the start of each day I can make the decision to turn my will over to the care of God. This way I start each day with the assertion that I am willing to accept the reality of my life and know...
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Alanon Step 2 ( 2-01-2018)
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Step 2Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity C2C reading page 235--" My Al-Anon recovery involves becoming aware of what motivates my choices . I was appalled to discover that fear ruled my life. Many of us use the slogans to deal with this fear " My share When I...
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ALANON STEP ONE( 1-2-2018)
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Step one . Al-Anon ;"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol, that our lives had become unmanageable. C2C reading page 32it is hard to stop acting as I have the past. But with Al-Anon support I can be the one to break the pattern. I can choose to do what I think is right for me." My share When I first ente...
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Hi everyone, I am typing on a rare and quick break at work so will introduce myself properly later. I want to talk to someone about my husband who is an alcoholic but wont always admit it. As I know but I cant talk to anyone else the situation is driving me insane with it all going round in my head. I don't know...
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ALANON STEP 12 (12-4-2017)
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Step 12. Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others and to practice these principles in all our affairs C2C reading page:"with the help of the steps I need never be stuck again. A Chinese proverb states "be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid...
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Alanon Step 11 (11-28-2017)
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Step 11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood him, praying only for knowledge of his will for us the power to carry it out C2C reading page 165; "the spiritual exercise suggested by the 11th step is a powerful force for good in our lives let us...
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Alanon Step 10 (11-19-2017)
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Al-Anon. Step 10; "continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it" C2C reading page 329 when I keep track of my inventory on a daily basis,. I do not have to fear that I will fall into that state in which denial is so easy. When I surrender my inventory over to my Higher...
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Alanon Step 9( 11-14- 2017)
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Step Nine ; "made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others." C2C page 196 "let me remember that the reason for making amends is to free my own mind of uneasiness. My share When I first worked this step, I placed myself at the top of the amends list and...
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Alanon Step 8 (((11-5-17)))
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Al-Anon. Step eight; "made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all." C2C reading page 242 guilt is a burden that keeps us from giving ourselves, freely to the present. I can begin to rid my mind guilt by quietly admitting where and when I have done wrong to peopl...
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Alanon Step 7 (11-1-2017)
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Step Seven; "Humbly asked him to remove our shortcomings." C2C, page 161; "there are many things that I can do to improve my life and to further my recovery, but I cannot heal myself. Today I can ask for help of becoming free of all the blocks me from my true self." My share I have worked many Step Seven in m...
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alanon Step 6 (10-29-2017)
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Step 6Were entirely ready to have God remove all our defects of Character C2C page 31 I accept the fact that I need help in being restored to sanity) achieve this without help. We need to be ready. The shortcomings to be removed and do what we can to be prepared, but we lacked the power to heal ourselves on...
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Al-Anon. Step five(Oct 29-2017)
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Step 5Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs , C2C page 266. This step is a very intimate experience in which we share our private thoughts and experiences with another. Whether we practice this step by listening or speaking we open ourselves as channe...
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Alanon Step 4( 10-23-2017)
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Step four; "Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves." C2C reading page 55; "we all wish good things to happen to us but we cannot just pray and sit down and expecting good things to happen for us. . We must back up our prayers with action." My share I have worked many fourth steps in m...
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Alanon Step 3 (10-18-2017)
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Step Three; "made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him" C2C reading page 252. What obstacles block me from turning my will and my life over to the care of God? . The quote from Aurelius Augustinius states:" understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore...
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